The mind-body dualism problem has subsided with the advancement of brain-imaging techniques. In what way is this statement true?
A. Brain activity is linked to mental tasks.
B. Electrical recording makes brain activity easier to detect.
C. Single-cell functions are already identified in animals.
D. Pictures of brain structure pinpoint exact areas in more detail.
A. Brain activity is linked to mental tasks.
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A. a cognition B. parental blindness C. unconditional positive regard D. conditional positive regard
Which of the following is TRUE?
a. As of 2011, there is a new pictorial that shows a plate of types of food people should eat. b. The newest pictorial of what we should eat is a pyramid. c. There are no guidelines available for different cultural groups. d. Research showed that the Food Guide Pyramid was easy to understand and was appealing because it never needed to be updated
In a memory study, researchers have participants study a list of words, and then tell them it was the wrong list and that they should forget it. This deception is meant to see how effectively participants can forget something they have already studied
If the researchers plan to debrief the participants afterward, would this design meet the standards of an ethical study? a. No, it is not okay to mislead individuals during the course of a study. b. Yes, given that the participants are not at risk and that they will be debriefed, this seems to be an ethical study. c. No, because the researchers should not debrief the participants—it will simply cause them to become angry. d. Yes, because participants fully understood all aspects of the study.
If a researcher wanted to study the effect of exposure time on memory for pictures, the researcher might operationally define the dependent variable as _____
a. exposure times of 1, 3, or 10 seconds c. giving everyone the same instructions b. score on a memory test d. either a or b