Electric stimulation to this area of the brain would likely lead to improved attention
A) Hindbrain
B) Reticular formation
C) Cerebellum
D) Hippocampus
Answer: B
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A. the universal crisis of the adolescent years occurs as teens worldwide decide what they hope to make of their lives. B. the transitions of life themselves are less important than whether the transitions are shared with others of one's generation. C. life occurs in a series of predictable stages set by the norms of each culture and of each historical period. D. the midlife crisis of men is due to the culture's social clock but the negative reactions of women to menopause are biological.
What is the third-variable problem in reference to correlational studies?
A) Third variables act causally on some other variables, but not on all other variables. B) Each variable in a correlation exerts a causal influence on the other. C) A causal relationship between two variables cannot be inferred from the correlation between two variables. D) Correlations can be caused only by another (third) variable.
DeYonna is a single mother who is responsible for all childcare duties but sometimes relies on her mother to babysit and to help with finances. This illustrates which helping arrangement?
A) Parental supplement B) Supportive primary parenting C) Parental apprentice D) Parental replacement
Which of the following is a dramatic change in the brain in infants in the first years of life?
A. dendritic connectivity B. slowing of neural transmissions C. demyelination D. increase in density of synapses