Newly hatched ducklings and goslings follow the first moving object to which they are exposed. According to Konrad Lorenz, the hatchlings are showing:

A) affiliation.
B) maturation.
C) imprinting.
D) dependence.


C) imprinting.

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a. behaviorism. b. humanism. c. cognitive psychology. d. operant conditioning.

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Some early research indicated that prolonged stress has been ______ cancer

a. shown to decrease vulnerability to b. found to be unrelated to one's vulnerability to c. shown to increase vulnerability to d. shown to cause

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A ________ leader would be most effective in dealing with mean-spirited interoffice competition and employee pettiness in an organization that is otherwise productive

a. task-oriented b. disjunctive task c. relationship-oriented d. contingency-oriented

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Sleep and EEG

A. Alpha spindles occur in stage 1 B. K complexes occur in stage 2,3 and 4 C. REM is characterised by desynchronisation with faster frequencies D. Stage 4 is characterised by sleep spindles of fast activity E. Frequent vertex sharp waves occur in stage 2

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