Chapter 8 And 9 Quiz Psych 1010

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Lavonne was careful to avoid the use of run-on sentences in her essay because she did not want to lose points for faulty
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syntax
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Boys are most likely to outperform girls in a
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computerized video game competition.
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When Larina started college, she was certain that she would never smoke marijuana. By the end of her freshman year, however, Larina had used this drug several times. Larina's experience best illustrates
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overconfidence
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In the process of classifying objects, people are especially likely to make use of
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prototypes
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underestimate the extent to which our beliefs and judgments are wrong.
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overconfidence
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Instead of calculating an intelligence quotient, most current intelligence tests represent the test-taker's performance relative to
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the average performance of others the same age as the test-taker.
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An IQ or 70 or below and difficulty in adapting to the normal demands of life is most clearly an indication of
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intellectual disability.
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Those who define intelligence as academic aptitude are most likely to criticize
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Gardner's concept of multiple intelligences
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In addition to an overall intelligence score, the WAIS provides separate scores for such skills as
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working memory.
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If a test is standardized, this means that
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a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative pretested group.
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Julie surprised her unsuspecting roommate Jan by yelling "boo" as Jan walked into their darkened bedroom where Julie was hiding. Before she consciously recognized the "boo" as a silly prank, Jan experienced an immediate surge of fear, resulting from the routing of the unexpected sensory input through her thalamus directly to the
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amygdala
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A psychologist would have the greatest difficulty differentiating between anger and fear by monitoring the ________ associated with each.
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heart rates
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for purposes of lie detection, investigators have most commonly made use of a(n)
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polygraph.
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Which of the following is clearly NOT an example of an incentive?
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threat of punishment
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Unlike simple fears that involve automatic processing, complex feelings of love and hatred typically involve
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conscious interpretation
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Leptin is a appetite-suppressing protein hormone secreted by
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fat cells
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An adequate level of glucose circulating in your bloodstream is an example of a(n)
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physiological need
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a body mass index of 30 or more.
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obesity
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An explanation of motivation in terms of homeostasis is best illustrated by the concept of
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set point.
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For a person deprived of water, the satisfaction that follows drinking a thirst-quenching beverage best illustrates
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drive reduction