Which of the following was NOT cited in your text as a disruptive effect of severe stress on cognitive functioning?
A) ?Inability to integrate new information.
B) ?Reduced working memory efficiency.
C) ?Decrease in cortisol production.
D) ?Poorly organized view of options.
C
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Dr. Tanner is studying the effects of continuous pesticide exposure on auditory function. Using a rodent model, Dr. Tanner monitors the organ of Corti in rats with long-term pesticide exposure via two-photon microscopy. Based on his observations, he suspects that pesticides do indeed disrupt auditory function in the organ of Corti. What did Dr. Tanner observe??
a. ?Pesticide exposure caused the organ of Corti to fill with fluid, preventing the transmission of sound waves. b. ?Pesticide exposure caused the eustacian tube to constrict, restricting the passage of sound waves. c. ?Pesticide exposure caused the ossicles to fracture and fail to vibrate in response to sound waves. d. ?Pesticide exposure caused damage to hair cells, preventing them from bending in response to sound.
Amy is a participant in Terman's longitudinal study of gifted children. According to the information in your textbook, Amy will most likely not____compared to others her age.?
a. ?attain remarkably high levels of distinction b. ?live a more successful life c. ?live a more physically and mentally healthy life d. ?have more of the same basic cognitive abilities
In an experiment testing the idea of transfer-appropriate processing, Morris, Bransford, and Franks (1977) had subjects encode words either semantically or phonologically. The results of their experiment were that
a) semantically encoded words were remembered best in the free recall test b) semantically encoded words were remembered best in both types of recognition tests c) phonologically encoded words were remembered better than semantically encoded words in the standard recognition test d) phonologically encoded words were remembered better than semantically encoded words in the rhyme recognition test
Forcible rape is carried out
a. under the threat of bodily injury. b. by someone not known to the victim. c. in a coercive manner, but is not necessarily violent. d. in all of these ways.