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3221PsychologyMedium

The spinal cord does not ________?

Acontain spinal nerves

Brelay nerve impulses

Ccontrol primitive impulses

Dprocess sensor impulses

Correct answer

C. control primitive impulses

Explanation

The correct answer is control primitive impulses.

3222PsychologyMedium

In the year________the Scientific Psychology was first accepted?

A1779

B1889

C1879

D1679

E1894

Correct answer

C. 1879

Explanation

The correct answer is 1879.

3223PsychologyMedium

We are more likely to remember the words “typewriter, cigarette and fire” than the words “void, process and inherent” because the first three words are more likely to be ________ encoded?

Avisually

Bimplicitly

Cproactively

Dautomatically

Correct answer

A. visually

Explanation

The correct answer is visually.

3224PsychologyMedium

The decay of fading of memory with time is considered to be a failure in ________?

Aencoding

Bstorage

Call of the above

Dretrieval

Correct answer

B. storage

Explanation

The correct answer is storage.

3225PsychologyMedium

Students stand in groups waiting for someone to unlock their classroom. The people in each group are able to attend to the voices in their own conversation group and screen out the voices in others. This is an example of ________?

Aselective listening

Bparallel processing

CNone of these

Dshadowing

Correct answer

A. selective listening

Explanation

The correct answer is selective listening.

3226PsychologyMedium

Jamil is in a constant state of anxiety and also has brief, sudden periods of panic. He also believes these periods of panic will occur when he’s in a public location: therefore, jim is afraid to leave his house.Jim’s diagnosis is:

Apanic disorder with agoraphobia

Bpanic disorder without agoraphobia

Cpanic disorder

Dagoraphobia

Correct answer

A. panic disorder with agoraphobia

Explanation

The correct answer is panic disorder with agoraphobia.

3227PsychologyMedium

Who is author of Utopian works such as Walden II?

AKohler

BWundt

CThorndyke

DSkinner

Correct answer

D. Skinner

Explanation

The correct answer is Skinner.

3228PsychologyMedium

Research suggests that we seek out the company of others because of which motives?

ATo obtain information

BNone of the above

CTo compare ourselves with similar others

DAll of the above

ETo reduce anxiety

Correct answer

D. All of the above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above.

3229PsychologyMedium

Various techniques have been employed by educational psychologists to obtain data concerning ________and their reactions:

AAdministrators

BLearners

Corganizers

DTeachers

Correct answer

B. Learners

Explanation

The correct answer is Learners.

3230PsychologyMedium

This is not the part of the peripheral nervous system ________?

Asympathetic system

Bparasympathetic system

Climbic system

Dsensory neurons

Correct answer

C. limbic system

Explanation

The correct answer is limbic system.

3221PsychologyMedium

The spinal cord does not ________?

Acontain spinal nerves

Brelay nerve impulses

Ccontrol primitive impulses

Dprocess sensor impulses

Correct answer

C. control primitive impulses

Explanation

The correct answer is control primitive impulses.

3222PsychologyMedium

In the year________the Scientific Psychology was first accepted?

A1779

B1889

C1879

D1679

E1894

Correct answer

C. 1879

Explanation

The correct answer is 1879.

3223PsychologyMedium

We are more likely to remember the words “typewriter, cigarette and fire” than the words “void, process and inherent” because the first three words are more likely to be ________ encoded?

Avisually

Bimplicitly

Cproactively

Dautomatically

Correct answer

A. visually

Explanation

The correct answer is visually.

3224PsychologyMedium

The decay of fading of memory with time is considered to be a failure in ________?

Aencoding

Bstorage

Call of the above

Dretrieval

Correct answer

B. storage

Explanation

The correct answer is storage.

3225PsychologyMedium

Students stand in groups waiting for someone to unlock their classroom. The people in each group are able to attend to the voices in their own conversation group and screen out the voices in others. This is an example of ________?

Aselective listening

Bparallel processing

CNone of these

Dshadowing

Correct answer

A. selective listening

Explanation

The correct answer is selective listening.

3226PsychologyMedium

Jamil is in a constant state of anxiety and also has brief, sudden periods of panic. He also believes these periods of panic will occur when he’s in a public location: therefore, jim is afraid to leave his house.Jim’s diagnosis is:

Apanic disorder with agoraphobia

Bpanic disorder without agoraphobia

Cpanic disorder

Dagoraphobia

Correct answer

A. panic disorder with agoraphobia

Explanation

The correct answer is panic disorder with agoraphobia.

3227PsychologyMedium

Who is author of Utopian works such as Walden II?

AKohler

BWundt

CThorndyke

DSkinner

Correct answer

D. Skinner

Explanation

The correct answer is Skinner.

3228PsychologyMedium

Research suggests that we seek out the company of others because of which motives?

ATo obtain information

BNone of the above

CTo compare ourselves with similar others

DAll of the above

ETo reduce anxiety

Correct answer

D. All of the above

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above.

3229PsychologyMedium

Various techniques have been employed by educational psychologists to obtain data concerning ________and their reactions:

AAdministrators

BLearners

Corganizers

DTeachers

Correct answer

B. Learners

Explanation

The correct answer is Learners.

3230PsychologyMedium

This is not the part of the peripheral nervous system ________?

Asympathetic system

Bparasympathetic system

Climbic system

Dsensory neurons

Correct answer

C. limbic system

Explanation

The correct answer is limbic system.