Brad's mother had a stroke, but fortunately, while the damage occurred in the hippocampus, the damage was confined to area CA1; the prognosis was most likely that Brad's mother would ______.
A. suffer from moderate anterograde amnesia
B. have moderate retrograde amnesia
C. have severe retrograde amnesia
D. not have any measurable amount of amnesia
Answer: A
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A very funny saying goes like this: "Why do people say I slept like a baby when babies wake up every hour during the night.". Aside from the chuckle you may have gotten, what would you say about this quip based on your reading of the textbook?
a. It is inaccurate because babies tend to sleep for four to six hours at a time as early as two months of age. b. It is inaccurate, since babies tend to sleep for about three hours, wake up for an hour, and then repeat the cycle. c. It is actually rather accurate, since newborn babies tend to wake up every 30 to 60 minutes for the first month of life. d. It is impossible to state whether this saying is accurate, since there is no predictable trend of sleep cycles in babies.
Which version of the Stanford-Binet scale was the first one to utilize a large, geographically diverse standardization sample?
a. 1905 b. 1908 c. 1916 d. 1937
According to some studies, people who have religious commitments are likely to __________.
A. live a shorter life than are those who do not have religious beliefs B. lack a social-support system C. feel alone with their struggles D. live longer than do those who do not have religious beliefs
In the context of psychology, which of the following is a major difference between scientists and philosophers?
A. Philosophers do not collect data to test their ideas. B. According to scientists, the mind simply receives what our sensory organs-eyes, ears, nose, skin, and tongue-take in from the outside world. C. According to scientists, human beings create knowledge from reflection and thinking. D. Philosophers believe that human beings create knowledge from experience.