In the second year, ________ declines and ________ increases.
A. attention to intentional behavior; gazing
B. attraction to familiar stimuli; reflexive action
C. attraction to novelty; sustained attention
D. attention to directed behavior; memory
Answer: C
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____.? a. ?instinct doctrine b. ?arousal theory c. ?drive reduction theory d. ?incentive theory
During a study that used the Asch procedure, subjects' brains were scanned using fMRI. When subjects conformed, activity increased in the areas of the brain involved in ____
a. strong emotion c. language comprehension b. spatial awareness and perception d. sympathetic division activation
"Naïve realism" refers to the fact that
a. most people are naïve (uneducated) about psychology. b. few people are realistic. c. most people would rather be naïve than accurate. d. most people believe they perceive things accurately.
As children grow older, their vocabulary increases. The best conclusion to draw from this is that age and vocabulary are __________.
A. causally related B. uncorrelated C. negatively correlated D. positively correlated