What part of the brain becomes the focus of developmental processes during the 10-to-12-year-old neurological growth spurt?
a. medulla
b. midbrain
c. frontal lobes
d. parietal lobes
e. brainstem
c. frontal lobes
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If integrated schools provide equal-status contact, what is the most likely reason that prejudice was not reduced?
a. the failure of schools to truly integrate b. the prejudices of the teachers and administrators c. minority-group children being unprepared to compete academically on an equal footing d. superordinate goals preventing the minority-group children from succeeding
Which of the following is concerned with how test takers perceive the attractiveness and appropriateness of a test?
a. Content validity b. Construct validity c. Face validity d. Concurrent validity
Why does administration of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) often cause memory loss?
a) It disrupts the process of consolidation. b) It decreases the speed of information processing. c) It destroys brain areas responsible for memory storage. d) It causes a release of stress hormones that initiate a process of repression.
Women are generally less vulnerable to infections but more vulnerable to auto-immune, or self-attacking, disease. Why?
a. Because women tend to have stronger immune systems than men. b. Because women engage in more health-damaging behaviors than men. c. Because estrogen and auto-immune diseases are highly correlated. d. Because women have the genetic marker for auto-immune susceptibility.