Research on monkeys has shown that the part of the brain most closely associated with working memory is the
a. hippocampus.
b. amygdala.
c. occipital cortex.
d. prefrontal cortex.
d
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A strong piece of evidence that genes alone do not cause the vast majority of mental disorders is that genetic studies
a. rely too much on twin studies and not enough on adoption studies. b. rely too much on adoption studies and not enough on twin studies. c. typically find concordance rates for DZ twins far below 100 percent. d. typically find concordance rates for MZ twins far below 100 percent.
What does research consistently find about the six stages of moral development proposed by Lawrence Kohlberg? a. All of the stages are encountered by most people, but in varying sequences
b. Individuals progress through them in order and virtually no individuals skip stages. c. Males tend to make it to stage 6 of the theory, but females generally stop developing at stage 4 or 5. d. Females tend to make it to stage 6 of the theory, but males generally stop developing at stage 4 or 5.
Older adults are likely to retain their expressive vocabularies but to show a decline in their receptive vocabularies.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Synaptic pruning involves
A) trimming of glial cells. B) loss of unused synapses. C) growth of the myelin sheath. D) loss of glial cells.