Which of the following factors has not been forwarded as a contributor to the phenomenon of general slowing in older adults?
a) chronic alcohol or drug use
b) neuron death
c) shrinkage of specific brain areas
d) a decreased supply of oxygen to the brain
a
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Which of the following statements regarding divorce is not true?
a. Six-to-eight-year-old children seem to have the most difficulty adjusting to divorce. b. Older children have a poor understanding of divorce in the sense that they tend to view the divorce as their fault. c. Young adults with divorced parents are less likely to finish high school. d. Adults whose parents are divorced are more likely to suffer a divorce of their own.
Which of the following is true of the vomeronasal organ?
A. It is required for detecting pheromones. B. It primarily processes odor cues. C. It may no longer be functional in people. D. It sends signals to the nucleus accumbens.
How many basic dimensions appear sufficient to describe the subjective experience of emotion?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 6
Information selected from sensory memory is transferred to conscious awareness or:
a. primary memory. b. short-term memory. c. factual memory. d. long-term memory.