The notion that sleep has survival value says sleep:
a. is an adaptive reaction to light-dark cycles
b. functions to repair and restore the brain and body
c. serves to consolidate memories
d. need not involve dreaming
A
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Which of the following statements is most accurate?
a. People in cohesive groups work harder than people in noncohesive groups. b. Noncohesive groups, when the task requires mental concentration, outperform cohesive ones. c. Cohesion, when based on unity, predicts performance. d. Cohesive groups outperform noncohesive ones, especially when their norms stress production. e. Cohesive groups encourage creativity and freedom from normative pressure.
Robert is an alcoholic. His wife, Adele, has a lot of ready excuses to explain his frequent absences to his boss, their friends, and their children. This is an example of __________.
A. how marriages between alcoholics often last a long time B. why treatment needs to include identifying factors that may encourage drinking C. how marriage can increase the risk of alcoholism D. why most alcoholics rate their marriages as successful
The major difference between pseudoscience and science is that
A) pseudoscience addresses different questions than science. B) pseudoscience is less similar to popular psychology than science is. C) pseudoscience lacks the safeguards against cognitive biases that characterize science. D) pseudoscience lacks the general level of public support that characterizes science.
What term do we use for the tendency to rely too heavily on past experience in solving problems?
a) rigidity b) stagnation c) availability heuristic d) problem representation