According to the activation-synthesis hypothesis, what do dreams reflect?
A. The brain's attempt to make sense of spontaneous neural activity
B. Unconscious motivations and emotions
C. Experiences that have been part of the species' evolutionary history
D. An imbalance among hormone levels
Answer: A
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a. psychology has not, as yet, focused on empirical observations. b. there are often several ways to interpret a set of observations. c. psychology focuses on unrelated observations. d. psychology is failing in the goal of being a science.
Kirby is a juror in a rape trial in which both the prosecution and defense are relying on eyewitnesses. It is likely that Kirby will
a. be able to determine which eyewitnesses are accurate. b. use eyewitness confidence as a cue to eyewitness accuracy. c. underestimate the accuracy of all of the eyewitnesses. d. understand the factors that influence eyewitness accuracy enough to determine whether an eyewitness isbiased.
According to the text, neural reaction to sexual images is positively correlated with high-risk sexual behaviors. What does this association show?
A. Sexual images cause high-risk sexual behaviors. B. High-risk sexual behaviors cause increased sensitivity to sexual images. C. As neural reaction to sexual images increase, so does the likelihood of high-risk sexual behaviors. D. As favorable reactions to sexual images increase, so does the likelihood of high-risk sexual behaviors.
Lowanna, a one-year-old child, is participating in a visual cliff experiment. She is most likely to cross over the deep side of the cliff if her mother ___
a. poses an angry expression b. sternly orders her to cross c. pleads with her to cross d. poses a joyful expression