Cognitive scientists have shown that an individual's ability to focus her attention increases
A) steadily throughout the lifespan.
B) until middle adulthood, then starts to decay.
C) until about age 20.
D) in specific, discrete stages.
C
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a. anthropology b. sociology c. political science d. economics
There is basic agreement among personality psychologists that:
a. personality theories are all the same in terms of the predictions they make. b. personality theories typically study identical phenomena. c. the kind of theories that theorists construct depend to some extent on the theorists' personalities. d. personality theories provide unequivocal hypotheses which yield highly consistent data.
In operant conditioning, reinforcement is:
A) never presented. B) presented regardless of the organism's behavior. C) presented as a consequence of the organism's behavior. D) presented prior to the organism's behavior.
According to Hume, moral judgments ____
a. are innate b. have to be learned c. are products of reason d. cause one to pursue pleasure or avoid pain