Blascovich and his colleagues, by monitoring physiological reactions in social facilitation settings, discovered that people display a(n) ___ reaction when working on easy tasks and a ___ reaction when working on difficult tasks.

  a.  physiological; psychological
  b.  inhibition; activation
  c.  challenge; threat
  d.  flight; fight
  e.  alpha wave; beta wave

  c.  challenge; threat

Psychology

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For patients with schizophrenia being treated with antipsychotic drugs, the real-world rates of relapse are significantly higher than best-case rates because

a. the best-case rates are based on inaccurate assumptions about neurochemistry. b. many patients stop taking their medication to avoid unpleasant side effects. c. best-case rates are promoted by pharmaceutical companies trying to market their drugs. d. antipsychotic drugs only work for short periods of time.

Psychology

While looking out a window, you can make out the details of nearby objects very easily. As

you look at objects farther away, you have a more difficult time in making out the same details. This situation illustrates the cue to depth called a. linear perspective. b. haze. c. shading. d. interposition. e. retinal disparity.

Psychology