Brain imaging studies (Gao et al., 2010; Jones et al., 2009; Marsh et al., 2008 ) on the biological bases of cognitive and affective deficits found in antisocial youths show that these youths experience:
a) Autonomic arousal to the distress of others
b) Amygdala hyporeactivity to the distress of others
c) An increase in amygdala-ventromedial prefrontal cortex connectivity
d) All of the above
b
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a. Nathan, like other boys, is simply better at these tasks. b. Typical "boy" toys may provide more experience with visual-spatial tasks. c. Playing with "boy" toys enhances natural abilities. d. "Boy" toys do not encourage visual-spatial abilities any differently than "girl" toys.
Which of the following group tests can be either group or individually administered?
a. Cognitive Abilities Test b. Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test c. Miller Analogies Test d. Henmon-Nelson Test
When jurors think rationally about the evidence, they tend to become more lenient toward criminal suspects because they are alerted to possible reliability issues with the evidence.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Walter is a college student who is about to graduate from college. At what age would he most likely consider that a substantial change is occurring in his life?
a) when he turned 20 years of age b) when he leaves college and enters the workforce at age 22 c) when he finished his junior year of high school at age 17 d) when he turns 26 years old