The specialized receptors in the skin that sense cold and warmth are called:
A) thermometers.
B) thermodynamic receptors.
C) thermoreceptors.
D) thermoconductors.
C) thermoreceptors.
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Which of the following underlies attempts to convince ourselves that we have done the right thing, such as creating stories that change one’s spouses’s faults into virtues?
a. dialectic thinking b. ethnocentrism c. cognitive dissonance d. overgeneralization
Susan is going on a blind date with Michael. When she first meets Michael, she notices that he has long hair, an earring, and wears a leather jacket. She decides that Michael is rebellious, dangerous, and aggressive. She is basing her judgments on which of the following factors?
a. the two-way process c. the need to explain b. seeking information d. social consequences
If in the course of an experiment you repeat measurements of the same individual, you introduce a confound called:
a. maturation. b. history. c. selection. d. testing.
A person asking someone how they feel on a scale of 1 to 10 would be using a/an
A) interval measurement. B) ordinal measurement. C) ratio measurement. D) nonlinear dynamical measurement.