Strong evidence that REM-sleep is not essential for memory comes from the study of patients
A) with brain damage.
B) after electroconvulsive shock.
C) who can't sleep.
D) who get little or no REM sleep because they regularly take antidepressant drugs.
E) who get little or no sleep because they are narcotic addicts.
Answer: D
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a. Only in a couple of brain areas b. Only after brain damage c. Only after exposure to radiation d. Under no circumstances
Tilcsik (2011) sent pairs of resumes in response to 1,800 job postings. The resumes were nearly identical, except that one mentioned that the job candidate volunteered for a gay campus organization. The results of this study showed that a. the two resumes were equally likely to receive interview invitations. b. the resume with gay campus organization experience was 15 percent less likely to
receive an interviewinvitation. c. the resume with gay campus organization experience was 40 percent less likely to receive an interviewinvitation. d. the resume with the gay campus organization experience was 15 percent more likely to receive an interviewinvitation.
According to Chomsky, transformational rules allow us to:
a. translate words from a foreign language into our own b. translate words from our language into a foreign one c. convert surface structures into deep structures and back into surface structures d. learn new grammatical rules of language
In Nazi Germany, family members were often forced to choose between saving the life of one family member at the cost of the life of another family member. When mothers chose to save the life of their child rather than their husband, an evolutionary perspective on this decision might be that this choice:
A. increases the likelihood her genes will be passed on as younger people have more reproductive value. B. decreases the likelihood her genes will be passed on as older people have more reproductive value. C. increases the likelihood of her own survival as younger children do not need as many sources to survive. D. decreases the likelihood her genes will be passed on as she has lost her mate