While shopping for new wallpaper for your bathroom, you are attracted to a very pretty pattern of vertical stripes with horizontal rows of flowers. Because there are two visual details in this pattern,
which type of feature detectors are being stimulated in your eyes?
a. Complex cells
b. Hypercomplex cells
c. Simple cells
d. Bipolar cells
Answer: A
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The multiple correlation of several variables with a dependent variable is
a. less than the largest individual correlation. b. equal to the correlation of the dependent variable to the values predicted by the regression equation. c. noticeably less than the correlation of the dependent variable to the values predicted by the regression equation. d. It could take on any value.
Describe the major divisions and subdivisions of the human nervous system.
What will be an ideal response?
Pamela signed up for a study that would test the effects of a new experimental drug. She knew that only half the participants would actually receive the drug, while the rest would receive a placebo. However, Pamela is unsure whether the drug she is receiving is real. Pamela is taking part in:
a. a single-blind research study b. an unethical experiment c. a case study d. a study with no external validity
Johnny is intellectual disabled and is learning to take care of his supervised apartment at the residential center, to keep his clothes clean, and to cook simple foods. The therapist will be using tokens to improve Johnny's independent living skills. Johnny will be able to exchange these tokens for trips to the bowling alley, the mall, or a movie. The therapist initially rewards Johnny for
attempting each target behavior. As the training proceeds, Johnny will be required to gradually improve his performance of these skills, such as his food preparation progressing from making sandwiches to actually cooking various foods using the microwave and stove. This gradual improvement of Johnny's independent living skills is an example of the use of a. shaping. b. reciprocal inhibition. c. classical conditioning. d. systematic desensitization.