In a study, participants listened to the following tape recording: Rumor had it that, for years, the government building had been plagued with problems. The man was not surprised when he found several spiders, roaches, and other bugs in the corner of the room. As participants heard the word "bugs," they completed a lexical decision task to a test stimulus flashed on a screen. To which of the
following words would you expect participants to take the longest to respond to?
a. ANT.
b. SPY.
c. SKY.
d. ROACH
c
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inborn and universal needs that help people gain a complete sense of self and whole, healthy relationships with others, according to the self-determination theory? a) autonomy b) relevance c) incompetence d) rejection
A student who begs an instructor for a better grade is using the impression management strategy of
a. ingratiation. c. exemplification. b. self-promotion. d. supplication.
When Samara entered first grade, she knew several of the children from the previous year in kindergarten. Billy did not go to kindergarten, so he did not know any of the children in the first grade. Which of the following statements is most likely to be true?
a. Samara will report more positive feelings about school than Billy will. b. Samara will have a more difficult time making new friends than Billy will. c. Samara and Billy will probably not interact with one another during the school year. d. Samara and Billy will both be rated popular by their teacher because Samara already has friends and Billy is a boy.
Stephanie and Zack have a new baby girl, Nora, who has been demonstrating very unusual sleep disturbances
Their doctor feels that the baby should undergo a noninvasive sleep study to monitor several of her physiological functions while she is asleep. Which of the following would the physician most likely prescribe? a) polysomnography b) positron emission tomography c) functional magnetic resonance imaging d) a multi-lead electrocardiograph