Displacement refers to transforming repressed motives or feelings into more socially acceptable
a. True
b. False
Answer: b
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Experiments allow researchers to ____
a. eliminate experimenter bias b. answer questions about the existence of a relationship between two variables c. observe naturally occurring behavior d. answer cause-and-effect questions about the relationship between two variables
Although George has lost his business and his wife has left him, he still believes that he is an excellent gambler, who is just having "a run of bad luck" that will soon change. Regarding George's situation, he is exhibiting the cognitive distortions known as
a. a magnified gambling skill and the gambler's fallacy. b. gambling personification and "all-or-nothing" thinking. c. luck transference and latent learning. d. the algorithmic fallacy and an internal locus of control.
If a membrane potential changes from –70 mV to –75 mV, a. hyperpolarization has occurred
b. depolarization has occurred. c. an action potential has been triggered. d. saltatory conduction has occurred.
Theorists have long believed that testosterone is the hormone that increases sex drive in both men and women
One study conducted in Australia (Davis et al., 2005) found no relationship between testosterone levels in women and their sex drive. Other research, however, has failed to find similar results. The Australian study, therefore, cannot effectively challenge the long-held theory of testosterone's influence on women's sex drive because of the critical thinking concept of A) extraordinary claims. B) Occam's Razor. C) falsifiability. D) replicability.