Kateria stares at an image of the U.S. flag with the stars black,
the field around the stars yellow, and the stripes black and green. She then stares at a white sheet of paper. The afterimage of a red, white, and blue flag is explained by which theory of color vision?
a. trichromatic
b. opponent-process
c. accommodation
d. gate control
ANSWER: b
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b. during adulthood, the proportion of slow-wave sleep increases significantly. c. the elderly are more affected by jet lag and shifts in their circadian rhythm. d. during adulthood, the proportion of slow-wave sleep gradually declines.
Researchers using the Characteristics of Giftedness Scale found that gifted children could be distinguished from average children in a number of ways including all of the following EXCEPT their
a. extensive vocabularies. b. lack of concern about perfection. c. excellent sense of humor. d. strong ability with puzzles.
The surface of the cerebrum-the cerebral cortex-is wrinkled, or convoluted, with ridges and valleys. These valleys are known as _____
A) synaptic clefts B) fissures C) ducts D) hemispheres
The process of making an inference that the results observed in a sample would hold in the population of interest is called ____
a. generalizing b. deducing c. modeling d. inducing