Peter suffers damage to his left frontal lobe and loses the ability to speak, although he can still understand speech
Despite the permanence of this damage, he is able to recover some of his speech due to the ability of other parts of the brain to take over lost function. This phenomenon is known by neuroscientists as
a. flexibility.
b. adaptiveness.
c. plasticity.
d. compensation.
e. homeostasis.
c. plasticity.
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During attempts to use hypnosis to aid memory, what is the usual result?
a. Hypnotized people report the same memories as if they had not been hypnotized. b. Hypnotized people report more items, but most of the new items are incorrect. c. Hypnotized people report more items, and most of the new items are correct. d. Hypnotized people report fewer items, but everything they report is correct.
Infants come to organize their experiences in terms of the different kinds of things they see in a process called
a. comparability and combinability. c. numerosity. b. categorization. d. core knowledge.
Emotional needs of ten interfere with intuitive perception
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Preschoolers do not understand why puns are funny because they have not yet developed the ability to
A) handle unconventional word meanings. B) extend language meanings through metaphor. C) deal with word meanings on an entirely verbal plane. D) appreciate the multiple meanings of words.