Within the forebrain, the structure that plays an important role in the regulation of eating, drinking, body temperature, and sexual behavior is the:
a. thalamus
b. medulla
c. tectum
d. hypothalamus
D
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Students in group A read and reread a chapter for an hour. Those in group B also spend an hour, but they are interrupted four times to try to answer questions about the material. What happens? a. Those in group A remember the material better
b. Those in group B remember the material better. c. Those in group B remember better at first, but those in group A remember longer. d. Students in the two groups remember about equally.
A psychologist wants to compare heterosexual women with lesbian women with respect to the length of time a love relationship lasts. She decides to compare 100 heterosexual women who are married with 100 lesbians who are currently in a love relationship. Without knowing anything more about this study, what might you suspect to be an important confounding variable?
a. The dependent variable is not clearly specified. b. The heterosexual women are in a legally "sanctioned" relationship, whereas the lesbian women are not. c. The study includes no male participants. d. It is difficult to recruit participants for a study like this.
With respect to parenting styles, parents who apply discipline with little concern for their child's autonomy are classified as ________,
whereas parents whose style fails to help children learn about the structure of social rules under which they must live are referred to as ________. a. authoritarian; indulgent b. abusive; submissive c. disciplinarians; child-centered d. rigid; flexible
Social control institutions such as the YMCA "sprung up" in the 1800s as a response to
a. increased rates of social problems among young people. b. the beginning of the child study movement. c. increased individualism among youths. d. growing urbanization.