Many experts believe meditation exerts its psychological benefits by increasing:

A) willpower.
B) empathy for others.
C) control over attention.
D) agreeableness.


C) control over attention.

Psychology

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A pigeon learns to peck only at a red disk. It will not peck at an identical disk of any other color. This illustrates the concept of ___________

a. extinction b. discrimination c. avoidance training d. desensitization

Psychology

In trying to explain rugby to a friend, you find yourself using terminology from American football, with which you are most familiar. What did Bartlett call this reconstructive process?

a. assimilating b. leveling c. sharpening d. accommodating

Psychology

Hearing a bird sing involves the transfer of auditory information from the ear through ________ en route to the auditory cortex

a. the pons b. the hypothalamus c. the thalamus d. the auditory hemisphere e. Broca's area

Psychology

Zafirah is a nine-year-old girl. Most likely, Zafirah _________

A) ?has never engaged in a behavior that could be considered sexual. B) ?has not yet learned that public masturbation is frowned upon. C) ?spends more time with female peers than with male peers. D) ?is not yet interested in topics such as sexuality and puberty.

Psychology