Which species experience menstrual cycles rather than estrus cycles?
a. all mammals
b. all primates
c. humans and New World primates
d. humans and Old World primates
d
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When experiments are used to determine whether therapy is effective, the therapy can be deemed effective only if the
a. control group shows improvement, but the experimental group shows none. b. waiting-list group shows dramatic improvement over the experimental and control groups. c. experimental group shows more improvement than the control group. d. experimental and waiting-list groups show improvement and the control group shows no improvement.
After suffering a brain injury by falling from a ladder, Zack's wife continues to tell the doctor that his personality has changed. He used to be fun loving and carefree, but he is now more critical and yells at his children for seemingly little reason. Zack is likely to have suffered damage to the _____ lobe of his cortex.
A) occipital B) parietal C) temporal D) frontal
Based on everything you've read in this chapter, what is the best conclusion about social cognition?
a. People would be better off if we could turn off automatic thinking and rely solely on controlled thinking. b. Whereas people are very sophisticated social thinkers who have amazing cognitive abilities, there is also plenty of room for improvement. c. Social cognition is pretty much the same throughout the world in all cultures that have been studied. d. One purpose of controlled thinking is to set goals for ourselves; that cannot be done with automatic thinking.
Karen has been repeatedly beaten by her husband Jack. She used to think about leaving him, but now believes that there is nothing she can do to escape. She no longer sees her friends because it has become harder to hide her bruises. On this particular night, Karen made her husband dinner but she was a little late getting it on the table, and she sensed his foul mood. When Jack looked at her in that particular way, she knew he was about to hurt her. Using what you know about the battered women syndrome, you could say that Karen is
A. losing her mind. B. provoking her husband. C. hypervigilant. D. All of these are correct.