The ability to focus attention on relevant information and disregard what is irrelevant is referred to as __________
a) distracted attention
b) focused attention
c) selective attention
d) divided attention
Answer: c
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A. ordinal scale B. nominal scale C. interval scale D. ratio scale
The public perception that people with mental illness "beat the rap" as a result of being judged NGRI is a. incorrect
b. correct. c. true in murder cases only. d. true for males who commit crimes but not for females who commit crimes.
A man has been receiving treatment for schizophrenia. The drug she has been prescribed will most likely be a:
a. norepinephrine agonist b. norepinephrine antagonist c. dopamine agonist d. dopamine antagonist
The central idea of Freud's psychoanalysis is that each of us has a(n):
a. unconscious part that contains hidden, threatening desires or thoughts b. conscious mind containing ideas that can be clarified and made more logical c. history of learned behavior patterns that reveals why we act in certain ways d. need to grow and develop our full potential as human beings