In the United States, which of the following is a common influence on a child's height
a. cognitive ability
b. athletic ability
c. genetic factors
d. reflexes
Answer: c. genetic factors
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The ability to explain one's behavior as being driven by what one wants is the basis of _____ psychology
a. classical conditioning b. physiological c. operant conditioning d. desire
Based on what was presented in the textbook about localization, how did researchers in the 1800s go about identifying parts of the brain that are involved in specific behaviors?
A. by conducting brain scans B. by examining the brains of people with disrupted behavior after those people died C. by giving thorough examinations to anyone who suffered brain damage D. by recording the electrical activity of individual brain cells while a person completed a task
Which of the following is a possible explanation for the remarkable abilities displayed by individuals with savant syndrome?
a. Those with savant syndrome suffer from a familial intellectual disability, which results in a pseudo-giftedness regarding these extraordinary abilities. b. Savant syndrome is caused by a mutation on the X chromosome. c. Savant syndrome is caused by a mutation on the 21st chromosome. d. Those with savant syndrome have suffered damage to the left hemisphere, which freed them from the "distractions" of language, concepts, and higher-level thoughts.
Your little sister picks up objects, feels every part of them, and then puts them in her mouth. What stage of Jean Piaget's model of cognitive development does this behavior suggest she is in?
a) concrete operations b) sensorimotor c) preoperational d) formal operations