3-year-old Randy occasionally talks to himself in front of others, and ignores his mother's instructions to come to the table and eat with his family. In this example, Randy is demonstrating
a) childhood schizophrenia.
b) conservation of thought.
c) intuitive thought.
d) egocentric thought.
d
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Pavlov paired the sound from a metronome with the presentation of food and measured the dog's salivation response. Salivation in response to the food is known as the unconditioned response
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Professor McDougle tells her class that a Hebbian synapse is one that can ____.
A. decrease its effectiveness as a result of simultaneous activity in the dendrites and the soma B. increase its effectiveness as a result of simultaneous activity in the dendrites and the soma C. increase its effectiveness as a result of simultaneous activity in the presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons D. decrease its effectiveness as a result of simultaneous activity in the presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons
In the natural world, there often are many different factors associated with the occurrence of a particular outcome. Therefore, it is important that we as critical thinkers _____ whenever possible
A) create unfalsifiable theories B) propose complex statements of causation C) remember that correlation equals causation D) rule out rival hypotheses
Joe claims that he sees elves. If we put him in an fMRI during one of his experiences, where an elf danced in front of him, what would we see in the fMRI scan?
a. Heightened activity in the prefrontal cortex b. Decreased activity in the parietal lobes c. Increased activity in the occipital lobes d. Reduced activity in the limbic system