An example of a group or organization that tries to maximize the similarity between figure and ground would be a(n) ________
a) business
b) legal office
c) hospital
d) army
ANS: D, The army would use camouflage to try to hide the figure of a soldier from the background of the surrounding brush.
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A. A pigeon train to peck a red key sometimes pecks in orange key B. Before-year-old called her aunt mom C. A dog celebrates the sound of a bell after 10 trials of extinction D. A rat avoids an electric shock by responding to the light that always precedes it E. A dog trying to salivate to a particular tone does not salviate to any other tone
Over the past 20 years there has emerged increasing interest in developing a community health psychology. As in community psychology itself, there are different orientations. The more ______ focuses on processes within the community.
A. social approach B. critical approach C. accomodationist approach D. descriptive approach
Which of the following students provides the best summary of why a person's confidence is important to the topic of memory strategies and metacognition?
a. Asli: "In general, people are overconfident that they will remember material accurately." b. Megan: "Ironically, people are overconfident about eyewitness testimony and underconfident about material they learn in an academic setting." c. George: "People are especially likely to be overconfident if they have studied material by using the self-reference technique." d. Xavier: "People are generally overconfident when they use memory strategies and underconfident when they use metacognition."
"Colored hearing" is a common form of _____
a) mental illness. b) hallucination. c) delusion. d) synesthesia.