What are the purposes of reflexes?
What will be an ideal response?
They are survival mechanisms, which are genetically carried.
They allow infants to respond adaptively to their environment.
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During an interview, a patient suffering from schizophrenia gives answers that seem to be responses to the questions but are entangled in irrelevant details. What term is used to describe this phenomenon?
a. alogia b. hallucination c. perseveration d. tangentiality
Switching back and forth between heterosexual and homosexual forms of sexuality is apparently more common among women than it is among men. This is an example of the fact that women tend to ____ than men
a. view sex in terms of social exchange theory b. experience the Coolidge effect to a greater extent c. have greater erotic plasticity d. have a lower attachment drive
Stress has been shown to be related to ______
a. increased resistance to environmental threats b. decreased efficiency of the reticular formation c. increased galvanic skin response d. decreased efficiency of the body's immune system
Suppose that Bob is a typical 3-year-old child. By age 6, you should expect that his height will have increased by about how many inches?
a. about 4 inches b. about 6 inches c. about 9 inches d. about12 inches