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3441PsychologyMedium

According to Freud, the key to mental health is:

Abalance among mental processes

Ban overpowering superego

Cdominance of the pleasure principle

Dan unrestrained id

Correct answer

A. balance among mental processes

Explanation

The correct answer is balance among mental processes.

3442PsychologyMedium

Taste aversions are a type of classical conditioning, and if there is a long delay between the CS and US, conditioning is usually prevented. The fact that people and animals can be develop taste aversions even though sickness occurs long after eating indicates that:

Ataste aversions can be unlearned as well

Bthere is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier

Cthere is less aversion associated with the actual sickness than with whatever caused the sickness in the first place

Dtaste aversions are really more like operant conditioning

Correct answer

B. there is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier

Explanation

The correct answer is there is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier.

3443PsychologyMedium

________ is closely related to grammar and pronunciation.

ABroca’s area

BAgnosia

CWernicke’s area

DAphasia

Correct answer

A. Broca’s area

Explanation

The correct answer is Broca’s area.

3444PsychologyMedium

In experiments, placing subjects in experimental groups such that each subject has an equal probability of ending up in any experimental group is referred to as:

Arandom assignment

Bfandom selection

Crandom forecasting

Drandom placement

Correct answer

A. random assignment

Explanation

The correct answer is random assignment.

3445PsychologyMedium

One difference between sociology and psychologists is that psychologist study:

AReligion, philosophy and epistemology

Bbiological processes more than psychological processes

CBehavior in individuals

DAnimal behavior rather than group behavior

Correct answer

C. Behavior in individuals

Explanation

The correct answer is Behavior in individuals.

3446PsychologyMedium

Experimental work in perception received its earliest beginnings with ________?

AWeber

BKoffka

CKohler

DWertheimer

Correct answer

D. Wertheimer

Explanation

The correct answer is Wertheimer.

3447PsychologyMedium

One of these statements about job selection is FALSE. But which one?

Ajob selection is based on the premise that there are differences between people that have an impact on how effective people are in a particular job

Bjob selection is based on the premise that there are differences between people which can be identified

CPsychologists are beginning to come to the fore in terms of developing and using personal selection methods

DFailure to achieve a fit between the person and the organization can lead to a feeling of low esteem on the part of the employee

Correct answer

C. Psychologists are beginning to come to the fore in terms of developing and using personal selection methods

Explanation

The correct answer is Psychologists are beginning to come to the fore in terms of developing and using personal selection methods.

3448PsychologyMedium

Modern Psychotherapy:

Ahas been successfully exported to many non-Western cultures.

Binvolves both b and c.

Cembrances universal cultural values.

Dwas spawned by a cultural milieu that viewed the self as an independent, rational being.

Correct answer

D. was spawned by a cultural milieu that viewed the self as an independent, rational being.

Explanation

The correct answer is was spawned by a cultural milieu that viewed the self as an independent, rational being..

3449PsychologyMedium

The tendency to see all the individual spokes in a bicycle wheel as part of a larger single unit best illustrates the principle of:

Ainterposition

Bconnectedness

Ccontinuity

Dclosure

Correct answer

B. connectedness

Explanation

The correct answer is connectedness.

3450PsychologyMedium

Which of the following parts of forebrain carries sensory information to the other parts of the forebrain?

ALimbic system

BCerebrum

CThalamus

DAll of the above

Correct answer

C. Thalamus

Explanation

The correct answer is Thalamus.

Taste aversions are a type of classical conditioning, and if there is a long delay between the CS and US, conditioning is usually prevented. The fact that people and animals can be develop taste aversions even though sickness occurs long after eating indicates that:

Ataste aversions can be unlearned as well

Bthere is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier

Cthere is less aversion associated with the actual sickness than with whatever caused the sickness in the first place

Dtaste aversions are really more like operant conditioning

Correct answer

B. there is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier

Explanation

The correct answer is there is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier.

One of these statements about job selection is FALSE. But which one?

Ajob selection is based on the premise that there are differences between people that have an impact on how effective people are in a particular job

Bjob selection is based on the premise that there are differences between people which can be identified

CPsychologists are beginning to come to the fore in terms of developing and using personal selection methods

DFailure to achieve a fit between the person and the organization can lead to a feeling of low esteem on the part of the employee

Correct answer

C. Psychologists are beginning to come to the fore in terms of developing and using personal selection methods

Explanation

The correct answer is Psychologists are beginning to come to the fore in terms of developing and using personal selection methods.

Modern Psychotherapy:

Ahas been successfully exported to many non-Western cultures.

Binvolves both b and c.

Cembrances universal cultural values.

Dwas spawned by a cultural milieu that viewed the self as an independent, rational being.

Correct answer

D. was spawned by a cultural milieu that viewed the self as an independent, rational being.

Explanation

The correct answer is was spawned by a cultural milieu that viewed the self as an independent, rational being..