Aging is most accurately defined as involving _____ in the maturing organism
a. only negative changes
b. only positive changes
c. both negative and positive changes
d. neither positive nor negative changes
c
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In one of Elizabeth Loftus’s research experiments, she superimposed real family photos of her study participants onto a picture of a hot air balloon. What was the result?
a. ?Very few participants thought they had taken a balloon ride. b. ?Fifty percent of participants falsely remembered having taken the balloon ride in childhood. c. ?Almost all of the participants remembered the details of the day including their age at the time. d. ?Most of the participants were confused as to whether they had taken a balloon ride.
Many clinicians suggest that the most difficult part of treatment for anorexia nervosa, and the part of treatment where many people with anorexia nervosa are not successful, is a. initial weight gain
b. admitting that there is a problem and agreeing to begin treatment. c. changing their attitudes regarding body and self-image d. when they become bulimic.
The transformation of one form of energy, such as light, to another form, such as neural impulses, is called sensory adaptation
a. true b. false
Which of the following is true of schemas?
A. A schema is rarely susceptible to error. B. Schemas help us predict what others are like on the basis of relatively little information. C. Schemas are usually accurate as our moods affect how we perceive others, and we make judgments based on our moods. D. A schema refers to a phenomenon in which a person holds two contradictory attitudes or thoughts.