__________ is a term for the specialization of functions in the right and left hemispheres of the brain

a) Specificity
b) Lateralization
c) Narrow-processing
d) Localization


Answer: b

Psychology

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Shandra experiences tension because she has two competing goals that must both be resolved. Psychologists use the term to describe Shandra's source of stress

a. conflict b. frustration c. aggression d. anxiety e. distress

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At crowded parties, Amy loses her sense of self and often behaves in ways that she later regrets. It appears that crowded parties:

a. cause a sense of groupthink in Amy b. cause Amy to display a self-serving bias c. create a sense of deindividuation in Amy d. produce a self-serving bias in Amy

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Which of the following is the opposite of being "spaced out," that is, the opposite of having occasional moments of reduced awareness?

a. lucid dreaming b. mindfulness c. concentrative cataplexy d. anhedonia

Psychology

You've been in college in Orange County, California, and you've been asked to interview for graduate school at Harvard on the east coast. If you have a choice, what schedule should you set for yourself, given the issue of jet lag?

a. Fly out of LA at 5 p.m. PST and get into Boston at 2 a.m. EST for an 8 a.m. meeting with the Dean the same day. b. Fly out of LA at 7 a.m. PST and get into Boston at 4 p.m. EST for an 8 a.m. meeting with the Dean the next day. c. Fly out of LA at 7 a.m. PST and get into Boston at 4 p.m. EST for a 1 p.m. meeting with the Dean the next day. d. Fly out of LA at 11 p.m. PST and get into Boston at 4 a.m. EST for a 3 p.m. meeting with the Dean the same day.

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