The smallest intensity of a stimulus that you can detect 50 percent of the time is known as the
A. absolute threshold.
B. perceptual set.
C. extrasensory perception.
D. sensory threshold.
Answer: A
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c. They are actually less accurate than flipping a coin. d. They often classify innocent people as liars.
The tendency to focus on only a single aspect of a problem is called
a. assimilation. b. centration. c. conservation. d. identification.
From your own childhood or adolescence, provide an example of one type of aggression. This example can be something that happened to you or something you witnessed. What type of aggression was it?
What will be an ideal response?
To attempt to discover why some adolescents begin using drugs and alcohol, a social psychologist would most likely study the
A. effects of peer pressure and the influence of role models, such as rock or movie stars, on adolescents' decision-making processes. B. internal conflicts and struggles within substance-abusing adolescents. C. chromosomal pattern of substance abusers, in search of a genetic predisposition to substance abuse. D. personality profile of adolescents engaged in substance abuse.