According to the article Sound familiar about the ability of newborns to remember speech sounds, imagine an infant is shown a picture of a dog named Barney on a video screen every ten seconds and after 15 trials, the infant no longer turns its head
toward the screen to see Barney. This would be an example of: (a) repetition
(b) standardization
(c) habituation
(d) stimulation rejection
C
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What will be an ideal response?
When looking for a potential life partner, David says, "I just need to find someone a lot like me." This statement fits well with ____ theory.
A. assortative mating B. psychological C. sociocultural D. primitive
Although it is the area of the retina where vision is clearest, the fovea contains no:
A) cones. B) rods. C) retinal ganglia. D) bipolar cells.
The term "personality" refers to
a. a particular pattern of thinking and behaving that prevails across time and situations, differentiating one person from another. b. the different categories into which personality characteristics can be assigned. c. an enduring personal characteristic that reveals itself in a particular pattern of behavior across a variety of situations. d. individual differences in cognition and behavior. e. one's developmental experiences and physical characteristics that combine to produce uniqueness.