A researcher designed an experiment to determine if consumption of caffeine results in increased level of motor activity. In this study, the dependent variable is the
a. caffeine.
b. motor activity.
c. experimental design.
d. experimenter bias.
b
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By the age of six months, infants have been shown to perform all these intermodal perceptual matches EXCEPT
a. vision + hearing. b. oral + vision. c. touch + vision. d. taste + hearing.
If the person sitting beside you were to tap your shoulder, neurons in __________ would become active in response to the tap.
A. Wernicke's area B. the occipital lobe C. the motor cortex D. the somatosensory cortex
In cases of AIS, the testes release
A. testosterone but not anti-Müllerian hormone. B. anti-Müllerian hormone but not testosterone. C. both anti-Müllerian hormone and testosterone. D. neither anti-Müllerian hormone nor testosterone.
Your text discusses four major reasons to explain the improved memory and learning abilities in the developing child. Which item below is NOT one of these reasons?
A. Increased knowledge about how memory works B. An increase in general knowledge about the world C. A doubling in the size of the brain's working memory D. Better "software" for effective information retrieval