The effects of ionizing radiation on the developing brain:
a. Tend to be consistent throughout gestation
b. Are most prevalent during the 8th – 15th week of gestation, the typical time of proliferation and migration
c. Are most prevalent after the 15th week of gestation, during circuit formation and circuit pruning
d. Are most dramatic in the first year of life, when the brain is still in the proliferation stage
B
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When the "teachers" in Milgram's obedience study followed orders to shock someone, which of the following was NOT one of the reasons for their obedience?
a. The teachers saw themselves as the researcher's assistants. b. The teachers knew they were not really hurting someone. c. The experimenter accepted responsibility. d. The shocks started small and progressed slowly.
As Kayla was introduced to the seven members of the committee who would be interviewing her for a scholarship, she silently repeated all the names to herself, in order. Kayla was using
a. chunking to increase the capacity of her short-term memory. b. rehearsal to temporarily store the names in short-term memory. c. filtering to temporarily bloc other information out of short-term memory. d. acoustic encoding to process the names semantically.
Although Richard maintains a close relationship with his nieces and nephews, he has no children of his own. According to Erikson, Richard will likely develop:
A. stagnation B. generativity C. isolation D. despair
Which action would depolarize a neuron?
a. decreasing membrane permeability to calcium b. increasing membrane permeability to potassium c. decreasing membrane permeability to sodium d. increasing membrane permeability to sodium