A researcher wants to study how people's attention shifts when they see a visual stimulus in an unexpected portion of a screen that they are viewing; this attention shift occurs in just a fraction of a second
Which of the following techniques is this researcher most likely to use?
a. the neural-network approach
b. a positron emission tomography (PET) scan
c. the functional magnetic resonance imaging technique (fMRI)
d. the event-related potential technique (ERP)
Ans: d
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a. emotion-producing situations elicit an appropriate set of physiological and behavioral responses. b. emotions are determined jointly by perception of physiological response and cognitive assessment of a situation. c. outward manifestations of emotion are produced by inner physiological responses. d. emotions are behaviors. e. facial expressions of emotion have evolved out of the need to communicate nonverbally with other people.
According to the text, people in which of the following developmental periods are most likely to focus on the present, rather than the future or the past?
a. adolescence b. early adulthood c. middle adulthood d. older adulthood