Which of the following statements about adolescent information processing is true?
a) Executive function, selective attention and memory increase in adolescence.
b) Executive function and selective attention, but not memory, increase in adolescence.
c) Executive function decreases, while selective attention and memory increase in adolescence.
d) Executive function only increases in emerging adulthood, but selective attention and memory increase in adolescence.
Answer: a
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a. omega b. beta c. alpha d. delta
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a. "I'll decide what to call my behavior." c. "What did I do wrong?" b. "You're dumb!" d. "I hate you."
The resting potential of a neuron was discovered in 1939 by biologists studying marine animals such as squid. Squid were studied because:
A) their neurons are more similar to human neurons than those of most other animals. B) their neurons are large and easy to study. C) neurotransmission evolved first in marine animals. D) it is unethical to study these processes in humans.
In the Bransford and Johnson study, the independent variable was ____ and the dependent variable was ____
a. age; attitudes toward the elderly b. gender; depression ratings c. gender; the picture d. the picture; comprehensibility and recall of a passage