Describe the technique of ablation and identify the researcher who was responsible for its development

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.


Answer: Ablation involves the physical manipulation of the brain and allows for an assessment of a change in function after the manipulation. Experimental ablation was developed by Pierre Flourens.

Psychology

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Why does adolescence appear to be a prime time for the development of eating disorders in females?

a. It is the first time that girls receive media images promoting thinness. b. It takes someone at the formal operational stage of thinking to develop the obsessive food-related behaviors seen in anorexia and bulimia. c. The gene that controls eating does not "turn-on" until that time of life. d. The normal weight gain in puberty is viewed as problematic.

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The model for generalizing in which the population is identified, a fair sample is drawn, the research is conducted, and finally the results are generalized to other populations or groups is referred to as a(n) _______________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Your textbook described a study in which attractiveness of job applicants was manipulated in order to determine its effect on judgments of job applicants. In that study, what was the criterion for selecting the photographs to use for the study? It was the _____ the people who judged the attractiveness of the people in the photographs

a. group average of c. inter-rater agreement between b. majority choice of d. unanimous decision of

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According to James, the most important thing about consciousness was that it was:?

a. ?personal b. ?continuous c. ?selective d. ?functional

Psychology