________ are so well-learned that they require no space in working memory and, therefore, permit us to focus on other information while performing them
A) Executive functions
B) Sensory processes
C) Permanent functions
D) Automatic processes
Answer: D
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Critics suggest that the negative effects of psychiatric drugs are not fully appreciated because the pharmaceutical industry has gained undue influence over
a. marketing of psychiatric drugs. b. physicians who prescribe psychiatric drugs. c. publicity concerning psychiatric drugs. d. research concerning psychiatric drugs.
Jenna is 14 months old and uses only "bottle," "no," "up," "bye-bye," "mama," and "dada" when she talks. However, when the family is on their way to visit Jenna's grandmother, and her father tells Jenna to get her blue bunny from the bedroom and bring it with her, Jenna quickly runs to get the bunny. This episode demonstrates that
a. toddlers' receptive vocabularies are larger than their productive vocabularies. b. toddlers' productive vocabularies are larger than their receptive vocabularies. c. infants have difficulty pronouncing phonemes they have never heard. d. Jenna is able to overextend her current vocabulary.
Which of the following is true, according to the critics of evolutionary psychology?
a. The responses of men and women to surveys about sex and mating are often a poor indication of their actual behavior. b. Evolutionary psychologists have tended to rely on data from case studies, which can be a poor guide to the sexual behaviors of participants. c. Modern humans are not affected by evolutionary pressures. d. Too few studies have been done to conclude that sex differences exist.
__________ explains why pairs of identical twins reared apart during childhood and later reunited may find that they have similar hobbies and vocations
A) Passive gene–environment correlation B) Niche-picking C) Genotyping D) Epigenesis