People who take Ritalin (methylphenidate) sometimes report lethargy and mild depression a few hours later. Why?
a. Their axons accumulated more sodium than they could excrete
b. Their muscles accumulated excess levels of lactic acid.
c. Their neurons released dopamine faster than they could make more of it.
d. Prolonged high electrical activity in the brain distorted the connections.
c
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What is the sequence for language development?
a. cooing, babbling, crying, one-word phrases, two-word phrases b. crying, cooing, babbling, one-word phrases, two-word phrases c. crying, babbling, cooing, one-word phrases, two-word phrases d. crying, cooing, one-word phrases, babbling, two-word phrases e. cooing, crying, babbling, one-word phrases, two-word phrases
The interactionist position on language development is __________
a) language ability is largely innate and develops in stages that occur in a fixed order. b) language is a function of learning and not an innate ability. c) maturation and genetics are the key components of language production. d) humans have the innate ability to produce language, but language learning is dependent upon environmental influences.
A baby who first habituates to a green circle and then recovers to a blue circle
A) does not remember the green circle. B) perceives both stimuli as identical. C) prefers the green circle. D) can distinguish between green and blue.
Which of the following theorists is typically associated with a psychoanalytic perspective?
a. Lev Vygotsky b. Jean Piaget c. Erik Erikson d. Albert Bandura