Describe Marvin Zuckerman's concept of sensation seeking. What evidence is there for such a concept?
What will be an ideal response?
* Sensation seeking is a general tendency to seek stimulation from a variety of sources.
* High sensation seekers enjoy certain types of foods, use more drugs and alcohol, and tend to work in high risk occupations.
* Lower MAO levels are associated with high sensation-seeking scores; there is a negative correlation between MAO levels and sensation-seeking scores.
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a. gender roles. b. cultural stereotypes about men and women. c. a collectivist perspective. d. gender stability.
The right hemisphere processes information
a. simultaneously. b. sequentially. c. by specific details. d. analytically.
Mr. Anderson needs someone to work the very undesirable Fourth of July shift in his restaurant. If he uses the door-in-the-face technique, how should he approach his staff?
a. Ask someone to work every Sunday for the next 3 months, then ask that person to work July 4th. b. Ask someone to work July 4th, and then ask if they can also work the following three days. c. Ask someone to work a few extra minutes today, then ask the person to work July 4th. d. Ask someone to work July 4th, because he (Mr. Anderson) is also working that day.
Fernando is watching the red Ferrari as it leads the race. If we had a PET scan of his brain during this time, we would most likely see ______.
A. the entire occipital lobe highly activated B. area V4 active when he was searching for the red car and area V5 active when he was attending to the speed of the car C. area V5 active when he was searching for the red car and area V4 active when he was attending to the speed of the car D. only one area of the occipital lobe active regardless of which aspect of the car he was attending to