Studies on patients with brain damage suggest that our brains have been shaped in a way that provides a survival advantage. The vast majority of these patients who have specific deficits in processing categories perform differently from control participants in one domain: ____
a. ?the familiar versus the unfamiliar
b. ?light versus dark
c. ?humans versus animals
d. ?animals versus nonliving things
ANSWER:
d
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a. injected just below the skin surface b. sniffed c. dropped into the eye d. placed under the tongue
In females, puberty is triggered by ________; in males, it is initiated by __________
a) increases in estrogen levels; increases in testosterone levels b) decreases in testosterone levels; increases in testosterone levels c) increases in estrogen levels; decreases in estrogen levels d) increases in testosterone levels; increases in testosterone levels as well
The "experimental effect" refers to
a) manipulation of the independent variable. b) random assignment to conditions. c) measurement of the dependent variable. d) differences between conditions on the dependent variable.
A teacher is more likely to have mastery-oriented students if they ______.
A. say that getting ahead in the world is usually due to luck B. stress performance goals over learning goals C. have a system of rewards and punishments D. relate failures back to efforts