The suprachiasmatic nucleus directs your circadian rhythms primarily in response to ____

a. ?sleep
b. ?food
c. ?light
d. ?noise


ANSWER:
c

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a. disruptive of other children’s play b. prone to bullying behavior c. friendly but disliked d. socially withdrawn

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Pat notices that when thunder can be heard in the distance, her dog, Rudy hides under her desk, and she believes that the thunder causes Rudy to hide. In experimental terms, the thunder has ____ to the hiding

a. temporal precedence b. covariation c. plausibility d. causality

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The mayor of a large city announced that the incidence of major crimes was down for the third year in a row. Yet a poll of residents who regularly watched the evening news on TV revealed that they still felt the frequency of criminal acts was high and they felt unsafe living in the city. Which rule of thumb was responsible for the persistence of the residents' fears?

a. representativeness heuristic c. anchoring and adjustment heuristic b. persistence heuristic d. availability heuristic

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Why is the statement "early testosterone forms a male; without testosterone, a female is formed" an oversimplification?

A. Testosterone only influences the external anatomy and doesn't impact internal anatomy or brain differentiation. B. Testosterone can be converted to influence female hormones. C. A male can be formed without testosterone. D. Because females also need progesterone to balance out the testosterone.

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