Which technique can best be described as taking snapshots of the brain in action?
a. computed tomography
b. electroencephalography c. CT scan
d. magnetic resonance imagery
e. functional magnetic resonance imaging
e
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A) Lie detectors are accepted as valid evidence in most U.S. courts, but not in other countries. B) Research suggests that traditional polygraphs are about 78% accurate as lie detectors. C) Polygraphs are able to detect arousal, but are not valid indicators of lying. D) Researchers have been unable to identify any potential lie detector replacements for the polygraph.
How is a research assistant different from a teaching assistant?
a. A research assistant helps a faculty member with tasks for a study while a teaching assistant offers a faculty member assistance with a specific course b. A research assistant helps a professor find research for his or her lectures while a teaching assistant teaches that information c. A research assistant helps a professor collect student evaluations while a teaching assistant interprets them d. A research assistant interprets student evaluations while a teaching assistant collects them
Your friend Olga is a new, first-time mother. Her six-week-old infant has shown a recent increase in crying. She doesn't know whether this is because she is picking the child up every time it cries. She is asking you for advice
What would you say to her? A) She should take her child to the doctor to see if she has colic. B) It is normal for crying to increase over the first six weeks of life, and picking her child up will not reinforce the crying. C) Increased crying in the first six weeks of life is normal, but Olga should not pick up the infant every time it cries. D) Olga should not worry; the crying usually decreases by the second week of life.
Your friends are talking about the crazy and stupid things that they did when they were adolescents. Most of your male friends said they were involved in vandalism, underage drinking, or petty shoplifting once or twice. On average, how many adolescent boys committed at least one criminal act before they reached age 20?
A. 90% B. 75% C. 60% D. 50%