A human male who has a long record of assault, arson, and murder would be expected to show ________ levels of ________ in his cerebrospinal fluid
a. elevated; GABA
b. reduced; GABA
c. elevated; 5-HIAA
d. reduced; 5-HIAA
e. elevated; opiates
Answer: d. reduced; 5-HIAA
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In the Victor Hugo story Les Misérables, a character named Valjean steals a loaf of bread to feed a starving child. How would psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg describe this act? a. Kohlberg would not be surprised because he saw humans as morally corrupt
b. Kohlberg would argue that the act of theft is not in and of itself immoral, depending on the rationale for the theft. c. Kohlberg would have expected the theft if the child were Valjean's but not if the child belonged to someone else. d. Kohlberg would have expected the theft but only if Valjean were operating at the lowest level of moral reasoning.
Research about the corpus callosum suggests that ____
a. ?the corpus callosum of females is far less active than that of males, resulting in greater lateralization b. ?differences observed between males and females may be related more to brain size than to sex c. ?certain regions of the corpus callosum tend to be larger in males, resulting in systematic differences in information processing d. ?male-female differences in the corpus callosum vary by culture, suggesting a role for development
Which psychologists were known for their studyof perception?
A) Gestalt B) structuralists C) functionalists D)behaviorists
The belief that certain facial expressions represent similar emotions across all cultures is known as the ______ position
a. universalist c. culture-learning b. fundamentalist d. unidimensional