Regarding attention, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Motivational states influence attention.
b. Repeated exposure to a changing stimulus leads to habituation.
c. Habituation to certain stimuli is quite common and makes evolutionary sense.
d. Newborn infants pay more attention to their mothers' voices than to the voices of other women.
e. Humans pay more attention to stimuli that are meaningful or emotionally significant than those that are not.


b

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How could a person use hormones to experimentally manipulate the level of parental behavior a species demonstrated?

What will be an ideal response?

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. Which one of the following provides an observable and measurable behavior for the theoretical construct of success as an actor?

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