In Waugh and Norman's probe digit task, ______.
a. faster presentation rates improved performance
b. faster presentation rates decreased performance
c. presentation rate had no effect on performance
d. only rates slower than 3-second intervals decreased performance
c. presentation rate had no effect on performance
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a. Careful measurement of personality traits b. Conflicting conscious and unconscious forces c. Spiritual experiences and the values that people live by d. The effects of rewards and punishments in previous, similar situations
Startle responses are greater when a person is ____.
A. depressed B. anxious C. violent D. aggressive
What is cardiac vagal tone?
A) The variability or patterning of heart beats over time. B) Heart rate frequency, or the number of beats per minute. C) A competency that is more reflective of cardiovascular functioning than nervous system integrity. D) A measure that assesses the impact of the cardiovascular system on nervous system development.
Neuropsychological research shows that during insight problem solving, __________
a. people need to be released from frontal lobe suppression b. the frontal lobes need to suppress irrelevant thoughts c. cortical activation is nearly shut down d. cortical activation is at its highest