Which lobe accounts for about half of the volume of each of the hemispheres?
a) frontal
b) temporal
c) occipital
d) parietal
ANS: a
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A. become better at perceiving faces from other racial groups and stay the same at perceiving faces from their own racial group B. become better at perceiving faces from their own racial group and stay the same at perceiving faces from other racial groups C. become better at perceiving faces from their own racial group and worse at perceiving faces from other racial groups D. show no changes in face perception, either for familiar or unfamiliar racial groups
Teeana, an African American high school senior, lives in a low-income community. Since the eighth grade, she has participated in a college-prep study program, and she has a strong goal of attending college. Although she does well on tests in class, she performed below her own and her teachers' expectations on a national test of cognitive aptitude for college. According to researchers, Teeana's low performance on the national test may reflect __________.
A. familismo B. a lack of challenging cognitive activities in school C. a lack of intrinsic motivation D. stereotype threat
What do we best call the field that combines the interests of social and biological psychology?
a. Neuroscience b. Physiological psychology c. Social neuroscience d. Social cognition
The analysis of variance compares
a. the total variance with the variance within groups. b. the total variance with the variance between group means. c. the variance between group means with the variance within groups. d. the variance within groups with the variance among all data points.