The brain waves typical of NREM sleep appear to be the result of
a. activity progressing from the pons to the lateral geniculate nucleus to the occipital cortex
b. activity in the preoptic area of the hypothalamus.
c. synchronization of cortical neurons by the thalamus.
d. desynchronization of cortical neurons by the thalamus.
c
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a. to trade insults without getting angry. b. to have more negative interactions initially. c. to resolve conflicts successfully. d. to fall into a pattern where one child tells the other what activities they will do together.
A year after tearing his ACL knee ligament and rehabbing the injury, an NHL hockey player remembers the rehabilitation process as much more painful than it actually was. This distortion in memory is due to:
A) consistency bias. B) egocentric bias. C) misattribution. D) persistence.
How are magnetic and electrical force fields related to Gestalt psychology?
a. Gestalt psychologists hoped to find patterns similar to force fields in the brain. b. Gestalt psychologists believed that all objects had perceptual fields similar to force fields. c. Gestalt psychologists used magnets in many of their experiments. d. Gestalt psychologists believed that perceptual organization occurred as a result of forces similar to magnetism and electricity.
Parten (1932) proposed several different types of play. Present three of these types, define each,
and state the ages when the types you define first emerge. What will be an ideal response?