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3241PsychologyMedium

Weber’s law state that the just Noticeable Difference between stimuli is a (n):

APuzzle

BConstant

CUnknown

DThreshold

Correct answer

B. Constant

Explanation

The correct answer is Constant.

3242PsychologyMedium

Those who embrace a relativistic view of psychological disorders would agree that:

Athere are universal standards of normality and abnormality.

BWestern diagnostic concepts have validity and utility in other cultural contexts.

Cboth b and c are true.

Dthe criteria of mental illness very considerably across cultures.

Correct answer

D. the criteria of mental illness very considerably across cultures.

Explanation

The correct answer is the criteria of mental illness very considerably across cultures..

3243PsychologyMedium

Who is called the father of Modern Psychology?

ACharless Darwin

BAdams Smith

CWilhelm Wundt

DIbn-e-Khaldoom

Correct answer

C. Wilhelm Wundt

Explanation

The correct answer is Wilhelm Wundt.

3244PsychologyMedium

Remembering how to solve a jigsaw puzzle without any conscious recollection that one can do so best illustrates ________ memory?

Aexplicit

Bimplicit

Csensory

Dflashbulb

Correct answer

B. implicit

Explanation

The correct answer is implicit.

3245PsychologyMedium

The last stage in Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development where in a person reflects on their life is ________?

Aintegrity vs despair

Bcompetence vs inferiority

Cproductivity vs stagnation

Dpride vs regret

Correct answer

A. integrity vs despair

Explanation

The correct answer is integrity vs despair.

3246PsychologyMedium

The tendency to view one’s own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways is know as: ________?

Aethnocentrism

Bfunctionalism

Chumanism

DBehaviorism

Correct answer

A. ethnocentrism

Explanation

The correct answer is ethnocentrism.

3247PsychologyMedium

Which of these drugs is not used to combat either mania, depression, or bipolar disorder?

ANorpramin (desipramine)

BWellbutrin (bupropion)

CTofranil (imipramine)

DAstelin (azelastine)

Correct answer

D. Astelin (azelastine)

Explanation

The correct answer is Astelin (azelastine).

3248PsychologyMedium

Who was the first (1686) to describe a manic – depressive psychosis, which he called ‘maniaco – melancholicus’?

AAlbrecht

BJamison

CBonet

DRedfield

Correct answer

C. Bonet

Explanation

The correct answer is Bonet.

3249PsychologyMedium

Memory for skills is called ________?

Aepisodic memory

Bsemantic memory

Cimplicit memory

Dexplicit memory

Correct answer

C. implicit memory

Explanation

The correct answer is implicit memory.

3250PsychologyMedium

By the third grade. Timmy who lives in the ghetto, views himself as a failure. He may not succeed in school thanks to the:

AFundamental attribution error

BSelf- serving bias

CSelf- fulfilling prophesy

DJig- saw classrooms

Correct answer

C. Self- fulfilling prophesy

Explanation

The correct answer is Self- fulfilling prophesy.

Those who embrace a relativistic view of psychological disorders would agree that:

Athere are universal standards of normality and abnormality.

BWestern diagnostic concepts have validity and utility in other cultural contexts.

Cboth b and c are true.

Dthe criteria of mental illness very considerably across cultures.

Correct answer

D. the criteria of mental illness very considerably across cultures.

Explanation

The correct answer is the criteria of mental illness very considerably across cultures..