Emma, an intellectually curious 11-year-old, is a familiar patron at her local library. This is an example of ________

A) passive correlation
B) niche-picking
C) evocative correlation
D) methylation


Answer: B

Psychology

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Emotional changes, accompanied by changes in life views or belief systems, can be attributed to an __________.

A. altered state of consciousness B. altered state of perception C. unconscious perception D. alternate cognitive reality

Psychology

Information in short-term memory is normally held a day or two

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Wilma had a loss of consciousness. When she first started to recover, she experienced _____.

A. increased connectivity between subcortical and cortical areas B. increased activity in the cortex C. increased connectivity between the thalamus and hypothalamus D. increased connectivity between the thalamus and basal ganglia

Psychology

Why do young children appear to acquire language more easily than adults?

A) There is a sensitive period during childhood during which children's brains are primed to develop language. B) Adults are more distracted than children, who can devote more cognitive processing to learning a new language. C) Children are exposed to a greater variety of vocabulary words than adults typically are. D) This is a common myth; children do not have an easier time learning language than adults do.

Psychology