A(n)__________is a stereotyped pattern of behavior that is triggered in a specific situation
A) instinct
B) intuition
C) mutation
D) drive
E) Select
A
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What will be an ideal response?
"When I was a kid I used to wet my bed all the time. Now I think I must have been dreaming that I was going to the bathroom." Is this person's explanation correct?
A. No, bedwetting occurs in Non-REM Stage 4 and dreaming occurs in REM. B. No, bedwetting occurs in REM and dreaming occurs in Non-REM. C. Yes, bedwetting occurs in REM and that is when dreaming also occurs. D. No, bedwetting occurs in Non-REM Stage 1 and dreaming occurs in Non-REM Stage 4.
A person suffering from anxiety predicts that he will make a fool of himself at a social gathering; and, in fact, he does. A psychologist predicts that students in his morning class will outperform those in his afternoon class and, in fact, they do. What do the anxious person and the psychologist have in common? They both
a. are engaged in the Barnum effect. b. produced a self-fulfilling prophecy. c. are engaged in the placebo effect. d. possess a precognition type of ESP.
One advantage of a matched subjects design is:
a. individuals do not have to be randomly assigned. b. everything is automatically counterbalanced. c. that error variance is decreased. d. there are no individual differences.