The great advantage of the electroencephalogram (EEG) is that it
a. can determine which neurotransmitters are active
b. is the only measure that directly assesses electrical activity
c. can identify functioning in a specific brain region
d. is able to show specific neurons in the act of firing
Ans: b. is the only measure that directly assesses electrical activity
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(a) sometimes lead us to ignore relevant information (b) too often lead us to pay attention to all 4 cells of the 2 x 2 table (c) too often lead us to pay attention to the observed effect when the cause is not present, which leads to erroneous inferences of the lack of a causal relationship (d) too often lead us to pay attention to the absence of the effect of interest when the cause is present, which leads to erroneous inferences of the absence of a causal relationship
The interaction of factors, or ___________ transmission, is the determination of traits by a combination of both genetic and environmental factors in which a genotype provides a range within which a phenotype may be expressed
a. multifactorial c. monofactorial b. bifactorial d. trifactorial
According to Piaget, which type of intelligence do infants use from birth to age 2?
a. sensorimotor b. preoperational c. concrete operational d. paradigmatic
Temperament refers to
a. the pattern of physical development from conception to death. b. the inherited, physical core of one's personality. c. the years of aging characterized by marked physiological and psychological deterioration. d. a period of increased sensitivity to environmental influences.