Regarding sleep, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
a. Sleep is caused by the accumulation of chemicals in the blood.
b. Whether one is awake or asleep depends on the balance between separate sleep and waking systems.
c. The brain tends to "shut down" during sleep, with brain activity decreasing dramatically.
d. All of these statements are true.
ANSWER: b
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Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about society's response to the sexual harassment problem?
a. Angelo: "In this case, individuals' responses are more important than society's responses.". b. André: "Most people are well informed that women should not be blamed if they have been sexually harassed.". c. Cathi: "A major problem that must be addressed is the unequal distribution of power between women and men.". d. Tonya: "The best way to solve the problem of sexual harassment is to identify individuals who harass and have them read information about why their behavior is wrong.".
Martha trains her cat Whiskers to salivate to the sound of a bell. She rings the bell every fifteen minutes and doesn't follow it with food for Whiskers. It salivates less and less and finally stops salivating at the sound of the ringing bell. A week later, she finds Whiskers salivating to the sound of a ringing bell. Which of the following terms explains this response?
a. Counterconditioning b. Instinctive drift c. Spontaneous recovery d. Stimulus discrimination
What general principle is demonstrated when solving the Luchins water jug problem?
a) Humor enhances creativity. b) Heuristics generally outperform algorithms. c) Problem solving is related to the effort put forth. d) Successful problem solving can sometimes blind us to easier approaches.
John, a 30-year-old male, acts “like a different person” and often refers to himself by different names when he is intoxicated. His friends worry whether he has a mental health disorder. John sees a psychologist, who informs him that he cannot be diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder. Why not, according to the APA?
a. John is too old for dissociative identity disorder. b. Symptoms cannot be attributable to the physiological effects of a substance. c. Dissociative identity disorder is more common in females. d. Men typically deny these symptoms when they see a mental health professional.