Which statement is true about Experience Corps?
A) While outcomes for older adults are impressive, the program has little impact on reading achievement scores.
B) Volunteers show changes in fMRI brain activity that coincide with gains in executive function.
C) Volunteers show mild decreases in size of the cerebral cortex and hippocampus, centrally involved in memory.
D) Schools where children received tutoring and mentoring show no reduction in disruptive classroom behavior.
Answer: B
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a. Family factors such as mother and father's occupations b. Socioeconomic factors such as race or religion c. Situational factors such as chance or unexpected encouragement d. Individual factors such as abilities and interests
Sabini and colleagues (2001) suggest the reason for fundamental attribution error is a tendency to underestimate the power of motives (such as motive to 'save face') called:
a. self-serving attributional motives b. channel factors c. global recognition d. locus of control motives
"Associativity" in the Hebbian synapse refers to the
A. use of the same type of neurotransmitter in both the pre- and postsynaptic neurons. B. simultaneous activity of several synapses on the same postsynaptic neuron. C. nearly simultaneous activity of the pre- and postsynaptic neurons. D. ability of the postsynaptic cell to use retrograde messengers such as nitric oxide (NO) to communicate with the presynaptic cell.
A person who was hazed during a group initiation ceremony may come to highly value the group through the process of
a. attributional guilt. b. cognitive dissonance. c. situationism. d. diffusion of responsibility. e. prejudice.