The nature of dreams, such as disorganization, scrambled events, no clear passing of time, suggests that the ___________ has a ________ activity level during REM sleep
a. prefrontal cortex; low
b. prefrontal cortex; high
c. extrastriate cortex; low
d. extrastriate cortex; high
Answer: A
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What can we conclude about cross-cultural differences in attitudes toward older women?
a. Other cultures present alternative models for the way that older women can be viewed. b. Cross-cultural research shows few differences; older women are viewed as relatively powerless in all cultures. c. Older women are viewed negatively only in western societies; other societies view women's loss of power with age as a positive attribute. d. Cultures in which elderly women are viewed positively are likely to view older men negatively, suggesting that society must favor one gender over the other.
In a classic experiment on forgetting, college students learned lists of nonsense syllables. After studying, students in one group slept for eight hours and then were tested for memory of the lists. A second group stayed awake for eight hours after studying the lists. The results of the experiment revealed that
a. the group that slept performed better on the memory test. b. the group that stayed awake performed better on the memory test. c. both groups performed equally well on the memory tests. d. neither group could remember any of the nonsense syllables after eight hours.
When comparing the brains of rats raised in a rich environment requiring lots of learning and motor behavior with the brains of rats raised as "couch potatoes" (Greenough, et al., 1990), the cerebellums of the more active rats
A. contained more neuronal connections and dendrites. B. contained fewer neuronal connections but more dendrites. C. were less likely to possess pathological neurotransmitter circuits. D. were exactly the same as the inactive rats.
Researcher John Holland was interested in studying individuals and the careers they selected. Based on his extensive research, he developed six ___________ types that match particularly well with certain careers
a. education c. training b. personality d. none of these answers