A disease called schizophrenia is often marked by the sufferer hearing voices,
though there is no one there. Such a perception in the absence of stimulation is called
(a) an illusion (b) a hallucination (c) a negative percept (d) a Gestalt
B
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On the free will–determinism dimension, Erikson's theory of human nature:
a. is only partially deterministic. c. proposes no ultimate life goal. b. rejects determinism in favor of free will. d. focuses mainly on free will and innate tendencies.
People may seek to arouse the sex drive as well as to reduce it. This unusual quality
a. makes the sex drive capable of motivating a wide range of behaviors, including using sex to sell almost everything imaginable. b. is due to the human sex drive being homeostatic and strongly related to deprivation. c. is due to the human sex drive being necessary for individual survival. d. is characterized by all of these statements.
According to research on average peak running speed for boys and girls, the following is true:
A. girls peak at about age 8 and boys at age 12 B. boys peak at about age 8 and girls at age 12 C. boys and girls both peak at about age 12 D. girls peak at about age 14, and boys continue to improve beyond age 17 E. boys peak at about age 14, and girls continue to improve beyond age 17
A researcher tests the hypothesis that students who study in the room where they will take a test perform better on the test than students who study in other rooms. She assigns one group of volunteer participants to study in the classroom where the exam is to be given and another group to study in the library. All students take the test in the classroom, and their test performances are compared. In this example, where the students studied is __________.
A. the dependent variable B. the independent variable C. the manipulation D. the control group