What people expect to perceive is called __________
a) sensory pathways.
b) just noticeable difference.
c) the perceptual set.
d) absolute threshold.
c
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A group member's adoption of a more extreme position about an issue than she originally held after participating in a discussion in which other group members strongly express agreement with her defines _____
a) groupthink. b) social facilitation. c) the actor-observer effect. d) group polarization.
You visit your friend, Amy, and her 6-month-old son, Joey. You notice that when Amy talks to Joey she speaks slowly and with exaggerated changes in pitch and loudness. You think to yourself
a. "Amy had better stop talking that way or Joey is never going to learn to speak properly." b. "Amy's making it easier for Joey to perceive the important sounds of our language by talking to him the way she does." c. "Amy's correct to speak differently to Joey than she does to adults, but she should be speaking more quickly and with fewer changes in pitch and loudness." d. "It bugs me when Amy talks that way to Joey, but it's not going to affect how well Joey perceives language, either positively or negatively."
According to available statistics, who is most likely to breast feed her infant for the longest period of time?
a. Wendy, a 30-year-old who returned to her full-time job as a seamstress when her daughter was 3 months old b. Siri, who grew up in Norway and moved to the United States just before her son was born c. Angela, an adolescent mother of twins d. Tammy, a 20-year-old mother who is a participant in the WIC program