What is the mere exposure effect? How might it affect name preferences?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The effect is the tendency to feel more positively toward people, places, or things we have seen frequently. People tend to like names of people, places, and occupations that sound or look like their own.
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Research has indicated that young adolescents, unlike older adolescents, prefer to disclose their emotions to their:
A) friends. B) siblings. C) boyfriend or girlfriend. D) parents.
During development of the nervous system:
a. There is an overproduction of neurons, with many of these later dying b. There is an underproduction of neurons, with extensive branching and neural growth a few weeks prior to birth c. The growth of neurons is random and unpredictable d. None of the above
In the context of Jean Piaget's cognitive development theory, identify an accurate statement about the preoperational stage of cognitive development.
A. Children tend to view the world only from their own perspective in this stage. B. It is marked by the mastery of conservation. C. It is first stage of cognitive development. D. Children gain the ability to reason about abstract concepts and problems in this stage.
Older adults with elevated blood levels of __________ learned a maze __________ than did those with normal levels.
A. glucocorticoids; more slowly B. glucocorticoids; more quickly C. thyroxine; more slowly D. thyroxine; more quickly