The representation of the nervous system as a complex switching system reveals the 19th-century reliance on ____.?
a. ?mechanism
b. ?determinism
c. ?experimentation
d. ?materialism
e. ?mentalism
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A. video B. exposure rooms C. virtual reality D. SMART environments
In philosophical terms, a materialist is someone who might believe that:
a. money buys happiness. b. species evolve through natural selection. c. personality can be measured by feeling for bumps on the surface of the skull. d. everything that exists, including human beings, are composed exclusively of physical matter.
Females are often thought to outshine males on verbal tasks. What does empirical evidence have to say with respect to this notion?
a) It's a myth—there's basically no difference between men and women in verbal performance. b) It's a bit of a generalization—the difference between men and women in verbal performance is quite small. c) It's real—women outscore men on tests of verbal ability by a long shot. d) It says nothing yet – empirical research has not examined this idea.
According to what you have read in this chapter, which of these is the most accurate way to describe memory?
A. a storage unit full of books and furniture B. an empty box waiting to be filled C. a lake that is rippling in the breeze D. a series of postcards from a far-off destination