In his studies on infants, Spitz used the term anaclitic depression to describe babies who seemed listless and passive because the infants were depressed as a function of ____
a. being in very over-crowded nurseries
b. sharing a crib with opposite-sexed infants
c. too much attention
d. having no one to help them or to "lean on"
Answer: D
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a. Salvadora: "North American women hold much less stereotyped views about women than do women from other countries.". b. André: "Research finds very large differences among countries in terms of their gender stereotypes.". c. Devon: "People in different cultures share fairly similar gender stereotypes.". d. Akeem: "North American women have more stereotyped views than women from other cultures, but North American men have less stereotyped views than men from other cultures.".
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Which description of partial decussation is incorrect?
A. It is a property of the optic nerve. B. It occurs at the optic chiasma. C. It means that each LGN receives input from only one eye. D. It means that each cortical hemisphere receives input from the contralateral half of the visual field.
Based on adoption and twin studies, what do researchers conclude about the influence of genetics and environment on the development of intelligence?
a) Fraternal twins’ IQ correlation is equal to the IQ correlation of biological siblings. b) Adopted children have IQs closer to that of their adoptive parents. c) Identical twins have the highest IQ correlation. d) Adopted siblings have IQs similar to that of their adopted siblings raised in the same home.