You receive an email about a 6-digit access code that you ne…
You receive an email about a 6-digit access code that you need to type into your phone in order to log in to your banking app. You start to rehearse the code to yourself to help maintain it in your memory, but then your roommate asks you where their leftovers went in the fridge. You answer your roommate, but this distraction has caused you to forget the access code. This represents a lapse in your: sensory memory working memory long term memory declarative memory
Read DetailsNora is a 5-month-old infant while Opal is a 55-year-old wom…
Nora is a 5-month-old infant while Opal is a 55-year-old woman. Both Nora and Opal suffer damage to their frontal lobes. Which person will better recover from their injury? Nora because the brain the most plastic when it is young. Opal because the brain becomes more plastic with age. Nora because the brain stops being plastic after you reach puberty. Opal because her brain is more mature and thus better equipped to repair itself. Neither person will recover better because they both suffered damage to the same brain region.
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According to the person-situation debate: both personality and situational factors are determinants of the behaviors people exhibit there is no widely accepted list of facets of personality that should be studied extraversion and neuroticism are the most important elements of personality honesty and humility should be key elements of personality
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Match the following descriptions with the appropriate disorders. Place your answer choice next to the question number. Answer choices will be used once or not at all. Antisocial personality disorder Avoidant personality disorder Bipolar disorder Borderline personality disorder Dependent personality disorder Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) Histrionic personality disorder Major depressive disorder (MDD) Narcissistic personality disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder Panic disorder Paranoid personality disorder Phobia Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Schizoid personality disorder Schizotypal personality disorder Adam works at a zoo and has a crippling fear of otters. He is supposed to clean the tanks for all water-dwelling animals and fish each month, and his fear of otters substantially interferes with his ability to complete his job. His boss is considering firing him due to his inability to even see pictures of otters on the wall, let alone clean the otter tank. Bea recently had a month where she felt abnormally euphoric. She was extremely energetic and would regularly stay awake for days at a time without feeling tired. During this time, she started sleeping around and also started gambling. She felt more like herself again after the month passed and she went back to sleeping normally and stopped her risky sexual behavior and gambling. Daisy has frequent mood swings and her friends describe her as being emotionally unstable. She has had a string of bad friendships and romantic relationships where she has quickly swung between being emotionally vulnerable to being rageful and jealous. Most recently, she has also started cutting herself. Elaine is extremely self-centered and arrogant. She does not value anyone’s opinion other than her own and has a constant need to be admired by the people around her. Harold has started hearing voices. At first, he thought he was just hearing his own inner monologue, but he came to realize over time that he was actually hearing the voices of his deceased family members who had started following him around in his daily life. The voices told him to avoid talking to anyone else and to start wearing an aluminum foil cap on his head to prevent other deceased people from talking to him. Iago and his family survived an EF 5 tornado (the highest tornado rating) earlier this year. They had been picnicking outside when the tornado came upon them, and they took shelter in a cave while the tornado went over them. While the rest of his family seems to have recovered from this life-threatening event, Iago is continuing to have intrusive memories and nightmares about their harrowing time in the cave. He also avoids driving anywhere near the site where his family had picnicked before the tornado hit and he is jumpy and hypervigilant. Klem feels a pervasive sense of anxiety each day that makes it hard for him to sleep and concentrate. Klem also feels fatigued and agitated as a result of this anxiety.
Read DetailsYou are in the market for a new car and you want to purchase…
You are in the market for a new car and you want to purchase a Hyundai. You talk to your friends, who know nothing about cars and say a Hyundai is great; your dad, who has owned several cars but is not an expert on them and says a Hyundai is okay; and your family mechanic, who has over 35 years of experience working on cars and says a Toyota is a better choice. You decide to follow the advice of your mechanic and buy a Toyota because you believe he has accurate information. This is an example of: informational conformity normative conformity majority influence minority influence
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You meet a new classmate on the first day of class and ask their name. Within a minute of meeting them, you have forgotten your new classmate’s name. This represents a lapse in your: short-term memory long-term memory declarative memory nondeclarative memory
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