Involuntary behaviors that occur in response to stimulation and are important for the survival of the individual are called ________ reflexes
a. Babinski c. postural
b. primitive d. nutritive
B
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What will be an ideal response?
What makes a stimulus attention-holding?
A. its meaningfulness B. its familiarity C. its physical characteristics D. its abstract properties
Which of the following is a criticism of the act frequency approach?
A. It does not specify how much context should be included in the description of a trait-relevant act. B. It is of little help in making explicit the behavioral phenomena to which most trait terms refer. C. It fails to identify cultural similarities and differences in the behavioral manifestation of traits. D. It is not able to explore the meaning of important traits that have proven difficult to study.
Which of the following is a plausible explanation for how maternal influenza might lead to schizophrenia later in life?
a. The flu virus may lie dormant in the brain until adolescence when it becomes active and initiates the degeneration that results in the symptoms of schizophrenia. b. The flu exposure may alter the fetal genes such that a susceptibility to schizophrenia is now part of the child's genetic makeup. c. Maternal antibodies could cross the placenta and interfere with brain development such that the risk of developing schizophrenia is enhanced later in life. d. The flu virus frequently has long-term effects on the behavior of affected individuals; maternal infection with influenza may result in an environment that is likely to trigger schizophrenia in the susceptible individual.