19. "I wonder why Jim is so mean to Louise," Mary commented to Sheila over coffee. "Maybe other people have always been mean to him, and so he is really angry all of the time
Maybe that makes him treat Louise badly, even though they are supposed to be in love," replies Sheila. According to the scientific method, Sheila has just posed a ________.
a. theory
b. problem
c. hypothesis
d. relative truth
Answer: C
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a. True b. False
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a. sacralizing attitude b. depression attitude c. desacralizing attitude d. personalizing attitude
Which of the following best exemplifies the concept of perceptual constancy?
A) An open window looks less like a window than a closed window. B) An airplane flying off into the distance appears to get smaller. C) As a child throws a ball high into the sky, it looks like it is getting bigger when it comes back down. Incorrect. The fact that the ball appears to change in size violates the concept of size constancy. D) As a shadow passes over your newspaper, you know that the color in the full-page advertisement you are reading is not actually changing. Correct. Color constancy refers to our ability to perceive the same color across different levels of light.
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a. weighs about 6 to 7 ounces. b. is composed of several thousand neurons. c. is half nerve tissue and half motor tissue. d. none of the above.