Question: Difference thresholds:

• 1. occur when we can first detect some stimulus
• 2. occur when we can detect the change in the intensity of a stimulus
• 3. depend on the energy necessary to stimulate a sensory receptor
• 4. are measured in judgmental Normal Differences

Question: it is now believed that subliminal advertising:

• 1. is a powerful influence and should be legally controlled.
• 2. is effective only when used in wide-screen movies.
• 3. is successful because the stimuli used register unconsciously.
• 4. has a weak effect, if any at all

Question: In order for a frog’s visual “bug-detector” to work, the bug must be: _____________?

• 1. colored
• 2. coming closer to the frog
• 3. stationary
• 4. moving

Question: “Statistically significant” means that the results of an experiment most likely:

• 1. had practical significance
• 2. resulted from chance variations
• 3. were not strongly correlated
• 4. were not due to chance

Question: Subliminal perception:

• 1. involves the presentation of stimuli too rapidly or too weakly to be consciously recognized
• 2. has not been used by advertiser in an attempt to effects on a person’s emotions
• 3. has dramatic effects on a person’s emotions
• 4. changes an individual’s intended behavior

Question: The tendency to fill in gaps in the perception of a figure is called:___________?

• 1. sensory completion
• 2. closure
• 3. figure-ground
• 4. continuation

Question: if a child’s chronological age matches his or her mental age, then the child’s IQ would be approximately:

• 1. 90
• 2. 75
• 3. 125
• 4. 100

Question: The close emotional bond of affection between an infant and its caregiver called:__________?

• 1. attachment
• 2. dependency
• 3. imprinting
• 4. nurturing

Question: The initial stage of learning a response is called: ____________?

• 1. conditioning
• 2. extinction
• 3. contiguity
• 4. acquisition

Question: in relation to age, which of the following does not belong with the others?

• 1. gradual appearance of symbolic thought
• 2. babbling
• 3. gradual mastery of object permanence
• 4. postconventional moral reasoning