Alice is typing her term paper in the computer lab. Although a class is going on just a few feet away, she does not seem to notice. Which part of the brain allows Alice to focus on her typing and ignore the distractions that surround her?

The textbook authors argue that because of its relative safety and low cost, hypnosis might become a preferred method for treating

A) pain. B) obesity. C) repressed memories. D) menopause.

Albert Bandura's notion that people are affected by their environment but can also influence that environment is known as __________

a) self-efficacy. b) locus of control. c) phenomenology. d) reciprocal determinism.