A. occur when we can first detect some stimulus
B. occur when we can detect the change in the intensity of a stimulus
C. depend on the energy necessary to stimulate a sensory receptor
D. are measured in judgmental Normal Differences
Related Mcqs:
- One difference between sociology and psychologists is that psychologist study:
A. Behavior in individuals
B. biological processes more than psychological processes
C. Religion, philosophy and epistemology
D. Animal behavior rather than group behavior - Which of the following early school of psychology included emotions, self, will, values, and even religious and mystical experience?
A. Functionalism
B. Psychoanalysis
C. Gestalt
D. Structuralism - In regard to changing to changing answers multiple-choice tests, research indicates that changes tend to be more common than other types of changes.
A. wrong to right
B. right to wrong
C. wrong to wrong
D. None of these - the approach to psychology that focuses on the basic elements which make up consciousness is called: ___________?
A. Structuralism
B. Functionalism
C. Behaviuralism
D. Elementalism - One of the reasons to study psychology is: ____________?
A. to understand the human mind and how it works
B. to learn how to manipulate others
C. to completely understand and predict human behavior
D. to have the answers to all of life’ss. - The products of naturalistic observation are best described in terms of: _____________?
A. explanation
B. theory
C. predicition
D. description - Herman von Helmholtz (1821-94)?
A. Investigated the speed of neural impulses
B. Suggested that thought and movement do not occur instantaneously as previously believed, but that thought occur first, followed by movement
C. Made Significant contributions to sensory psychology, especially audition and vision
D. All of the above - The fact that we can walk and chew gum at the same time illustrates that: ____________?
A. our attention depends on different motor systems.
B. we use selective attention.
C. we use divided attention.
D. we use sequential attention. - Which one of the distribution of performance is found under optimally induced stress condition?
A. J- shaped
B. Inverted U- shaped
C. Positively – skewed
D. Negatively – skewed - A person who is helpful and trusting most clearly ranks high on the Big five trait dimension know as: ____________?
A. conscientiousness
B. emotional stability
C. extraversion
D. agreeableness
