As a class assignment, you are told to use the web to determine how cocaine and amphetamines are similar. You find several sites that describe the two drugs. How do you answer the question?
a) The drugs have similar chemical structures.
b) Cocaine is derived from amphetamine substances.
c) The drugs act by influencing both serotonin and GABA.
d) The drugs act by influencing dopamine and norepinephrine.
d
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In comparison to Freud, Erikson placed greater emphasis on
a. infantile sexuality. b. development after adolescence. c. operant conditioning principles. d. biological determinants of behavior.
In the Victor Hugo story Les Misérables, a character named Valjean steals a loaf of bread to feed a starving child. How would psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg describe this act? a. Kohlberg would not be surprised because he saw humans as morally corrupt
b. Kohlberg would argue that the act of theft is not in and of itself immoral, depending on the rationale for the theft. c. Kohlberg would have expected the theft if the child were Valjean's but not if the child belonged to someone else. d. Kohlberg would have expected the theft but only if Valjean were operating at the lowest level of moral reasoning.
Behavior becomes more likely or less likely depending on its consequences. Which of the following statements supports this argument from the perspective of operant conditioning?
The "mental exercise" known as the n-back test has been shown to increase:
A) specific ability on the task but not alter intelligence levels. B) crystallized intelligence. C) fluid intelligence. D) visual processing speed.