Ashley has grown to an adult height of five feet tall. Even though she would like to be taller, she will never grow taller than five feet. She is being restricted by
a. environmental limits.
b. a genetic limit called "reaction range.".
c. limited nutrition and experience.
d. the limitations of her own mind.
b
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A. neglect manifests itself in perception only, not in imagery. B. neglect occurred in imagery such that some objects in the plaza were never reported. C. neglect involved both the left and right sides of the visual field, with an apparently "random" agnosia of different components of the fields. D. neglect always occurred on the left side of the image, with "left side" being determined by the direction in which the patient imagined he was positioned.
When we say a child's thinking is less abstract than an adult's, we mean that
a. children use more examples and categorizations. b. children use more principles and generalizations. c. children use fewer generalizations, categories, and principles. d. adults base their understanding of the world more on particular examples and tangible sensations.
In a memory experiment, participants heard the sentence "They turned in their papers late, so they didn't get full credit." Two minutes later, the participants were asked whether they heard the sentence above or "Their papers were turned in late, so they didn't get full credit." Many participants incorrectly reported that they heard the second version. This is because __________ memory primarily uses __________ encoding.
A. short-term; semantic B. short-term; acoustic C. long-term; semantic D. long-term; acoustic
What is the defining trait of paranoid personality disorder?
a. suspiciousness c. self-control b. thought disorders d. delusions of grandeur