Scott has just suffered a narcoleptic attack. Just before he fell asleep, he had a dream about eating an ice cream cone that he thought was real. What is the term for this phenomenon?

a) catatonia
b) cataplexy
c) waking dream
d) hypnagogic hallucination


D

Psychology

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When Stanley is afraid of meeting a woman, he finds an excuse to run off by himself. The immediate effect of running away is to make him feel less anxious and more at ease. Stanley's behavior illustrates the ____

a. role of negative reinforcers in avoidance behavior b. fact that shaping can result in maladjusted behavior c. role of partial reinforcement in abnormal behavior d. power of positive reinforcement

Psychology

A teenager's difficulty in differentiating his own thoughts and feelings from those of other people is called adolescent

a. class inclusion. b. reversibility. c. egocentrism. d. décalage.

Psychology

The distribution of IQ scores within the population tends to show

a. that most scores cluster at the top end of the scale. b. that most scores cluster at the bottom of the scale. c. a bell-shaped curve with most scores in the middle. d. a U-shaped curve with most scores falling at both ends and a few scores in the middle.

Psychology

The infant is in the ____ during the first year of infancy

a. holophrastic phase b. primordial period c. ethereal epoch d. prelinguistic phase

Psychology