In the United States, the leading cause of death among people aged 16 to 24 is
a. violent crimes.
b. AIDS.
c. automobile accidents.
d. eating disorders.
Answer: c
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When the ventromedial nucleus of a rat's hypothalamus is surgically destroyed, the rat will
a. become aphagic. b. become hyperphagic. c. not experience any stomach contractions. d. stop eating.
Most studies using sequential developmental designs documents that:
A) crystallized and fluid abilities display major declines after middle age. B) intellectual growth advances to mid-life, and then slowly declines. C) emotional intellect advances into old age, yet, crystallized abilities show severe declines. D) crystallized abilities display more declines with age than fluid abilities.
? Because you can easily think of examples when someone got injured at school, you conclude that schools are dangerous places. That reasoning is an example of what?
a. Categorization by prototypes b. The availability heuristic c. The framing effect d. Functional fixedness
To study the serial position effect, a researcher shows subjects a list of nouns one at a time and then asks them to recall the nouns from the list after time delays of varying length
If there is another activity required during a 10-second delay between presentation and recall, which nouns should be recalled the most often? a) Those at both the beginning and end of the lis b) Those in the middle of the list c) Those at the beginning of the list d) Those at the end of the list