After being deprived of REM sleep for several days,people tend to spend additional time in REM sleep when allowed to sleep uninterrupted.What is this increase called

A)  rebound effect
B)  dream-rebound effect 
C)  dream effect
D)  catch-up effect

Which theory describes how we explain others' behavior as being due to internal dispositions or external situations?

A) cognitive dissonance theory
B) reward theory
C) two-factor theory
D) attribution theory

In Masuda and Nisbett's study on cognitive styles,what was the difference between Japanese and American participants in their reports of what they had seen after viewing fish and underwater objects

A)  Japanese participants tended to identify focal objects such as the fish whereas the Americans tended to identify background stimuli. 
B)  Americans tended to identify focal objects such as the fish whereas Japanese tended to identify background stimuli. 
C)  Both groups identified equal numbers of focal and background stimuli. 
D)  The results were inconclusive.

In experimental research, the _____ is a manipulated experimental factor and _____ is the outcome.

A) dependent variable/ independent variable
B) independent variable/ dependent variable
C) confounding variable/ independent variable
D) dependent variable/ confounding variable

The organizational rules identified by Gestalt psychologists illustrate that

A) perception is the same as sensation.
B) we learn to perceive the world through experience.
C) the perceived whole differs from the sum of its parts.
D) sensation has no effect on perception.

What is a distal stimulus?

A) an object or event in the world
B) a pattern of activity in a sensory organ
C) an image on one's retina
D) a perceptual anomaly

It was observed during the two world wars that many soldiers would report to have become inexplicably paralyzed or blind and therefore were unable to return to the front.Most of them seemed unconcerned about their paralysis or blindness.This phenomenon is known as

A) la belle indifference.
B) coup d'état.
C) esprit de corps.
D) sang-froid.

Contemporary advocates for the _____ system of language development conclude that there is no single critical period for language acquisition,but rather that the many aspects of language are mastered at various times and in various ways.