As you're waiting to visit a friend in the hospital, you overhear a physician talking to a patient's parents. You don't hear the entire conversation, but only bits and pieces. There is something about an accident and a question regarding nerves reattaching. The physician replied that the nerves do have the ability to regrow. From your education in psychology, you guess that the nerves were
probably part of the:
a. spinal cord c. peripheral nervous system
b. central nervous system d. limbic system
C
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A. overextension B. inflection C. underextension D. holophrasing
Julian is super-morbidly obese. His body does not respond to signals to shut off hunger. Julian's body is _____-resistant.
A) leptin B) ghrelin C) cortisol D) testosterone
Rebecca's new boyfriend Andy takes her to a 3-D movie. In an effort to impress Rebecca, Andy explains to her that the movie appears to be three-dimensional by providing each eye with slightly different images, thus creating the illusion of depth. Andy can't remember what this phenomenon is called, but Rebecca, tired of Andy's showing off, tells him it is called
A. ocular accommodation. B. retinal disparity. C. a stroboscopic illusion. D. shape constancy.
Children seem to have a good grasp of more advanced numerical concepts, such as fractions, by age
a. one. c. six. b. four. d. eight.