As you leave class, you hear the professor mention that the next class will deal with the largest of the limbic system structures and one that is also implicated in the acquisition of memories. The most likely topic for the next class will be the
a. hypothalamus and homeostasis.
b. importance of the amygdala.
c. characteristics of the hippocampus.
d. thalamus: the brain's relay station.
Answer: c. the characteristics of the hippocampus.
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Given the whole-object assumption, a child would assume that "train" refers to the
a. train whistle. b. caboose. c. train wheels. d. entire train.
Research on prejudice against lesbian and gay people has shown that, in general, ____
a. gay men experience more prejudice than lesbian women b. lesbian women experience more prejudice than gay men c. prejudice against these groups appears to be innate, or inborn d. there has been strong prejudice against these groups in all known human societies
You develop a new measure of honesty and you find that people who score high on your measure show more honest behavior than people who score low. You have demonstrated ____
a. concurrent validity b. divergent validity c. predictive validity d. reliability
A researcher wants to know whether she can encourage adults to participate in a beneficial amount of aerobic exercise using operant conditioning. She establishes a minimum and a maximum amount of exercise for each participant for each week and the participants are rewarded for each week in which their exercise falls within the desired range. The minimum and maximum amounts are increased gradually
over time until the participants are engaged in the desired amount of exercise. This is an example of a. classical conditioning. b. an ABA design. c. a range-bound changing criterion design. d. a multiple-baseline design.