The field that is devoted to the study of psychological measurement is called
a. statistics
b. evaluation
c. psychometrics
d. phrenology
e. measurology
C
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The idea behind the __________ of health behavior change is that your perceptions about health predict the likelihood that you will change your health behaviors.
A. Wellness Model B. Health Belief Model C. Health Promotion Theory D. Stages of Change Model
Suppose that you are looking at an object on your desk. Which of the following is the best example of the term perception?
a. You combine your previous knowledge, together with the information registered by your eyes. b. You compare this object with a set of geons, to determine the best match. c. Your retina registers the size, shape, and color of this object. d. Information from your retina travels directly to the primary visual cortex and the inferotemporal cortex.
The central idea of Freud's psychoanalysis is that each of us has a(n):
a. unconscious part that contains hidden, threatening desires or thoughts b. conscious mind containing ideas that can be clarified and made more logical c. history of learned behavior patterns that reveals why we act in certain ways d. need to grow and develop our full potential as human beings
The area at the back of the temporal lobe that is crucial in the ability to listen, process, and understand what others are saying is __________ area
a) Broca's b) Gall's c) Wernicke's d) Korsakoff's