What is one likely explanation for why cats and bats evolved a tendency to sleep many hours?

a. They have little risk of being attacked during their sleep.
b. They are less physically active during the day than other species.
c. They eat diets that are relatively low in calories.
d. They have smaller brains, compared to other species of similar size.


a

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a. narcissistic and dishonest b. well-liked but ineffective c. task-oriented d. relationship-oriented

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When young Mathias's mother says, ''Good morning honey, how did you sleep?'', he responds by simply repeating what she said instead of answering her question. This is a form of language disturbance called

A. pronoun reversal. B. echolalia. C. mutism. D. deferred mirroring.

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You are reading your textbook, and your eyes are moving over the page, but later you realize that you can't remember anything about the information on the page. In this phenomenon,

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The school psychologist at Happy Elementary School conducted a study where the students of one fourth-grade class were given five recesses during the day while students in the other class were allowed the standard two recesses. The psychologist explained to the teachers that more breaks should lead to better behavior in the classrooms and then had the teachers observe the children's progress. In this experiment, there is the risk of

A. random sampling. B. experimenter bias. C. participant bias. D. the placebo effect.

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