Who won the Nobel Prize for discovering that the visual cortex contains nerve cells that respond only to lines of particular orientations?
a. Ewald Hering
b. Thomas Young and Hermann von Helmholtz c. Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall
d. Gustav Theodor Fechner
e. David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel
e
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All of the following are criticisms of Skinner's system except that:
a. operant conditioning cannot change behavior. b. research from pigeons cannot be generalized to humans. c. it has a deterministic view. d. it ignores human qualities such as conscious free will.
Which method of ABC observation is typically used after the behavior, antecedents, and consequences have already been identified?
a. checklist method b. descriptive method c. interval recording method d. A and C
You are trying to guess the correct symbol on a Zener card by reading the mind of a sender looking at the card. You are taking the typical test for
a. clairvoyance. b. telepathy. c. precognition. d. psychokinesis.
Regarding the experiment in which smoke was blown into a room, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The results of the experiment lend support to the idea that in real emergencies, people underestimate the need for action as each person attempts to appear calm. b. Participants working in groups politely kept their eyes on their papers and avoided looking at others or the smoke. c. When the participants working in groups noticed the smoke, they looked to other people for clues as to what was happening. d. The participants working alone in the room were more likely to wait before responding to the smoke.