You are driving your new Mustang and are stopped at a light. Right next to you is the biggest 18-wheeler you have ever seen. You feel that your car is moving, so you push as hard as you can against the brake. Then you realize that you were not moving;
the truck was. Which Gestalt principle explains what happened to you?
a) proximity
b) grouping
c) figure and ground
d) good continuation and inclusiveness
ANS: c
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a. are geared toward girls only. b. increase students' knowledge of sexuality. c. are geared toward boys only. d. focus on prompting fear of teen pregnancy.
_________ is the stimulation of sensory receptors and transmission of sensory information to the central nervous system.
A patient's attitude to health care and the extent to which they want to be a part of their treatment is referred to as the level of:
a. self-control c. behavioral involvement b. self-efficacy d. patient-practitioner coherence
Although projective tests have been used extensively by psychologists to examine psychoanalytic concepts, they have also been used to study
A. coping strategies. B. social desirability. C. need for Achievement. D. temperament.