Jenna is unable to fall asleep because the neighbor's dog is barking. After fifteen minutes, Jenna stops noticing the dog barking and falls asleep. This scenario best illustrates the process of ____.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
sensory adaptation
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Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder are more likely to have a suppressed startle reflex
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Recent life crisis, risk-taking, sudden mood swings, rage/anger, seeking revenge, and no sense of purpose in life are among the warning signs for a(n)
a. social anxiety. b. personality disorder. c. suicide attempt. d. affective psychosis.
How did Loftus interpret false memories?
a. ?Because of their desire to please whoever is asking them about their memories, people will often go along with what they want to hear. b. ?Eyewitness memory becomes faulty when we make errors in identifying the source of information we have stored in long-term memory. c. ?We accept subsequent misinformation as being correct, and this information becomes part of our memory for the original event. d. ?When we retrieve a memory for a particular event from long-term memory, we also retrieve information from other sources relevant to the event.
The existence, relatedness, growth (ERG) theory was proposed to address some of the problems with Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Which of the following is not an assumption of the ERG theory?
A. Needs can be satisfied in any order. B. Needs will vary from time to time. C. Needs will vary from situation to situation. D. Needs can be met only one at a time.