Electromagnetic radiation
A. does not really exist.
B. can be described as the movement of tiny indivisible particles called photons.
C. is made up of tiny particles called electromagnetons.
D. describes only the type of energy that is visible to the human eye.
Answer: B
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Chapter 15 discussed how to make the psychology of women more inclusive. According to this discussion, one current problem is that
a. researchers have gone overboard, so that they now study women of color more often than European American women. b. researchers do not conduct enough studies that compare women of color to European American women. c. researchers seldom select a research area in which women of color might be expected to be especially competent. d. researchers have conducted numerous studies on women who are economically disadvantaged, but they have not conducted enough research on women of color.
Regarding the technology used to study the brain, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Both PET scans and functional MRIs provide images of activity throughout the brain. b. Experimentally, fMRI images have been used to tell if a person is lying. c. PET and fMRI brain scans show that most people use only 10 percent of their brain capacity. d. PET scan studies suggest that the brains of people who perform well on a difficult reasoning test consume less energy than those of poor performers.
In Bandura's modeled aggression study, children's aggressive behavior toward the _____ was measured
a. other children b. adult bystander c. Bobo doll d. experimenter
Which of the following statistics is currently true in the United States?
The divorce rate is half the marriage rate. Nearly one-half of all first births are to single mothers. The rate of first marriages is the highest in fifty years. Approximately 30 percent of brides are virgins.