The hippocampus appears to be responsible for the storage of new long-term memories. If it is removed, the ability to store anything new is completely lost
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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Lottery winners are very happy at first, but their happiness declines a few months later. Which of the following is NOT a likely explanation for the decline?
a. Their answer on a rating scale may not mean the same thing it did before. b. People almost always want still more wealth than they have c. Rich people get less joy from the simple things in life. d. Happiness declines steadily as people get older.
Children living in poverty experience many more disruptions than children in socioeconomically secure environments. Examples of these disruptions include __________.
A. higher rates of tuberculosis B. the absence of grandparents C. attending inferior schools in unsafe neighborhoods D. living in households headed by gay or lesbian parents
The research area dedicated to understanding what specific inherited genes contribute to mental disorders is called
a. molecular genetics. b. behavioral genetics. c. chromosomal analysis. d. dementia praecox.
Which of the following is true of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory?
A) Researchers have found that children of parents who provide scaffolding early on perform better in elementary school than children whose parents did not provide scaffolding. B) Most current research supports Vygotsky's ideas. C) Children who work collaboratively perform worse on sophisticated tasks than children who work alone. D) Most of the current research contradicts Vygotsky's ideas.