According to the article At a Loss for Words, about a teenager who was profoundly deaf in early life, the best evidence we have for sensitive periods in development suggests that:
(a) early child abuse leads to disordered personalities later
(b) parents who love their children will have children who grow up to be loving parents
(c) hearing music early in life makes children musical
(d) experience with language early in life is important
D
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Social psychologists have observed in research studies that men in monogamous relationships rate pictures of models they have never met as significantly more attractive than their own mates. What neuroscientific phenomenon might contribute to men's ratings?
A. activity in the ventromedial hypothalamus B. testosterone protection of cells in the sexually dimorphic nucleus C. oxytocin release by the paraventricular nucleus D. dopamine increases in the nucleus accumbens
Define reinforcement
What will be an ideal response?
An athlete with likely potential in Olympic weightlifting would probably have _________ in the quadriceps muscle
a. about the same number of fast- and slow-twitch fibers b. more fast- than slow-twitch fibers c. more slow- than fast-twitch fibers d. only fast-twitch muscles
According to Freud, personality develops through a series of psychosexual stages. During infancy, the psychosexual stage is called the
a. latency stage. b. oral stage. c. anal stage. d. phallic stage. e. prehensile stage.