The ability of body organs and systems to put forth extra effort in times of stress is called
A. reserve capacity.
B. homeostasis.
C. senescence.
D. None of these; no such ability exists.
Answer: A
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Why have some researchers been cautious about interpreting the results of brain scans, particularly fMRI?
A. The radioactive substance used in this type of scan makes replication impossible. B. Test-retest reliability is very high. C. Test-retest reliability is not particularly high. D. The temporal resolution of these techniques makes them useless for studying real-life behaviors.
Joe, a young boy, learns how to make a paper airplane by watching his older brother. He goes to his kindergarten class, where he makes a paper airplane, and Jenna learns to make one by watching Joe. Jenna goes home after school and plays with her friend Nora. Nora learns to make a paper airplane by watching Jenna. This process illustrates:
A) shaping through successive approximations. B) a diffusion chain. C) a three-term contingency. D) stimulus generalization.
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