Pierre Flourens used the method of ___________ in which he identified which functions would be lost as a result of the removal of sections of the brain.

a. functional libation
b. ablation
c. introspection
d. localization of function


Answer: b. ablation

Psychology

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When the data are in the form of ranks we

a. need a special formula that Spearman derived. b. can just apply the standard formula to the ranks. c. need to convert the ranks to raw scores before computing the correlation. d. cannot do anything with the data.

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During his college years, Jacob often experienced episodes of intense fear accompanied by the physical sensations of a heart attack. Jacob might have experienced a ________ disorder while in college

a. personality b. depressive c. panic d. eating e. somatic symptom

Psychology

Which of the following explains the purpose of using a Punnett square?

a. Predicting gene interaction in offspring b. Identifying genetic linkages in twins c. Describing a gene’s range of reaction d. Measuring genetic environmental correlations

Psychology