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NMAT Reviewer: Social Science Section with COMPLETE SOLUTION | 143 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

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What do you call the historical, economic, social, and cultural factors that influence mental processes and behavior? - ✔✔Context *Everything that people think, say, and do is affected and influ... enced by these factors. Hence, context must be taken into account in psychology Who do most historians credit with establishing the first scientific laboratory dedicated to studying behavior? - ✔✔Wilhelm Wundt *opened in Leipzig in 1879 One evening, Genie jumps into a pool and shivers at the coldness of the water. After five minutes, however, she has gotten used to the cold and is "ignoring" it as if she does laps across the pool. This is an example of what? - ✔✔habituation/sensory adaptation *diminished sensitivity to a stimulus due to prolonged stimulation Howard is an expert wine-taster. He can tell vintage wines apart with just single drops upon his tongue, no matter how similar the samples taste. This demonstrates - ✔✔difference threshold/just noticeable difference *smallest difference in stimulation required to discriminate one stimulus from another 50% of the time Which of the following EEG patterns occur in awake individuals? - ✔✔alpha waves --> usually occur in individuals who are in a relaxed or drowsy state beta waves --> arise during high frequency electrical activity in the brain such as during periods of concentration [Show More]

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