The results of Gauthier's "Greeble" experiment illustrate
a. that neurons specialized to respond to faces are present in our brains when we are born.
b. that training a monkey to recognize the difference between common objects can influence how the monkey's neurons fire to these objects.
c. an effect of experience-dependent plasticity.
d. that our nervous systems remain fairly stable in different environments.
c
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Fantz found that all the babies studied stared longer at a human face than at any of the other stimuli. What did he theorize as the reason for this?
A. Infants are predisposed to seek human faces as a way of learning about emotions. B. Infants have evolved to respond to human faces because they are dependent on others for their survival. C. Faces were more complex and interesting than the other stimuli presented. D. The first thing a newborn sees is a human face.
Learning the latest dance step by watching others on television is an example of which kind of learning?
a. classical conditioning. b. discovery learning. c. modeling. d. instrumental learning.
The female can control clitoral stimulation either by manual stimulation or through friction on her partner's body in the ____ position
a. rear-entry c. female-on-top b. side-by-side d. male-on-top
L-dopa's efficacy in the treatment of Parkinson's disease decreases after a few years of treatment because
a. as the patient gets older plasma concentrations may increase too fast and produce motor disturbances and adverse psychic effects b. as the patient gets older plasma concentrations may fall too quickly, allowing the disease symptoms to suddenly appear c. of continued progression of the underlying cause of the disease d. all of the above