The process through which physical energy such as light or sound is converted into an electrical charge is known as __________
a. sensation
b. transduction
c. difference adaptation
d. electromagnetic transformation
Answer: B
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A. The process of cooing and babbling begins. B. Vocabulary increases from about 50 to 400 words. C. Vocabulary increases from about 1,000 to 5,000 words. D. Language use drops to near-zero, during a "vocabulary latency" period.
As compared to conformity, compliance occurs
a. only after careful deliberation. b. in response to a direct request. c. publicly, but not privately. d. as a result of less direct pressure from others.
Brenda is developing a test to identify children who are likely to become "school refusers" (i.e., they refuse to attend school). She wants to be certain that her test accurately measures enduring tendencies in the children, so she administers it on two occasions, several weeks apart. Brenda is concerned about the test's ____
a. face validity b. consequential validity c. test-retest reliability d. split-half reliability
Of the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes, twenty-two pairs look alike and possess genetic information concerning the same traits. These are:
a. sex chromosomes. c. autosomes. b. identical chromosomes. d. sperm cells.