________ tell you how a system works without necessarily telling you why it does what it does.
A. Descriptive explanations
B. Reductive explanations
C. Functional explanations
D. Mechanistic explanations
Answer: D
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In Bandura's social learning theory, the physical and social environment influences our behavior through their influence on our ______.
A. cognitive development B. genetic makeup C. physical growth D. thoughts and emotions
A neuroscientist cuts a brain in half, along the division between the hemispheres. This cut is referred to as a _____________ cut
a. parasagittal b. horizontal c. midsagittal d. frontal e. transverse
________ refers to a syndrome in which a person cannot recognize a familiar voice
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
Jack has the gene for celiac disease, but it does not get turned on until he experiences a traumatic dental visit at age 7. This situation is an example of
A. normative age-graded influences. B. epigenetic inheritance. C. normative history-graded influences. D. nonnormative life events.