For the majority of individuals, the left hemisphere of the brain concentrates on tasks that necessitate __________
a) comprehension of spatial relationships
b) recognition of patterns
c) emotional expression
d) verbal competence
Answer: d
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Brown and his colleagues (1993) found that peer pressure to ____ was stronger than peer pressure to ____
a. use drugs? achieve academically b. use drugs? engage in sexual activity c. achieve academically? use drugs d. engage in antisocial activity? engage in neutral activity
Mollie loved to eat her grandmother's pecan pie. However, as her grandmother got older, she had difficulty picking out all the pecan shells, so some of the pieces got cooked into the pie. When Mollie would bite into a piece of pecan shell in the pie, she would grab her jaw in pain. After several visits eating "pecan-shell" pie, Mollie would grab her jaw before she even put a bite of pie in her
mouth. The pain (of biting a pecan shell) is the a. conditioned response (CR). b. conditioned stimulus (CS). c. unconditioned response (UR). d. unconditioned stimulus (US).
REM sleep has been called "paradoxical sleep" because:
A) the brain is very active, yet the body is entirely inactive. B) the body is very active and restless, but the brain is very inactive. C) the eyes are open, though the person remains asleep. D) colorful dreams occur, in contrast to the black-and-white dreams of NREM sleep.
_____ is the subfield within psychology that is concerned with the psychological factors that contribute to health, illness, and recovery
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