At what point in development do waves of spontaneous neural firing determine the survival of visual system neurons?
A. before birth
B. immediately following birth
C. in the first year after birth
D. in middle age
Answer: A
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a) The same children were followed over the length of their life span, and some are still being followed today. b) Gifted people of different ages were all studied at once and their personal values compared. c) The gifted were found to be socially awkward and had little social success in life. d) none of these
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a. It increases each night and decreases the next morning. b. It increases steadily as time passes. c. It increases and decreases on a 90-minute cycle. d. It increases for the first 24 hours and then remains constant.
Declarative memories come in two varieties. Name each type and give an example of each from your own declarative memory
What will be an ideal response?
One explanation for social facilitation focuses on the role of evaluation apprehension—the anxiety associated with being judged by others—in creating a state of arousal in people. What is the weakness of this explanation?
a. Evaluation apprehension is probably not an important issue to cockroaches. b. People often misattribute the reasons for their arousal. c. Arousal can lead to the social inhibition effect. d. Cognitive appraisal processes precede physiological arousal.