In the violation-of-expectation method, researchers use _________ to familiarize babies with a situation in which their knowledge will be tested
A) reflexes
B) imitation
C) habituation
D) experimentation
Answer: C) habituation
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The polygraph test detects activation of the __________ branch of the __________ nervous system.
A. parasympathetic; somatic B. parasympathetic; autonomic C. sympathetic; somatic D. sympathetic; autonomic
During the embryonic stage of prenatal development, which term refers to the layer of cells that will form skin, hair, teeth, sense organs, the brain, and the spinal cord?
A. ectoderm B. placenta C. endoderm D. mesoderm
Which factors contribute to maintaining, and perhaps even enhancing, marital satisfaction following the birth of a child? Apply these factors to Felix and Edweena, who have a 6-month-old at home.
What will be an ideal response?
Genetically,
a. handedness seems to run in families to some degree. b. handedness is entirely environmentally determined. c. 100% of people are born to be right-handed. d. 50% of people are born to become right- or left-handed.