Most of the evidence suggests that schizophrenia runs in families. This means that schizophrenia __________.
A. is definitely a genetic abnormality
B. has been proven to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental influences
C. is definitely caused by environmental influences
D. may be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental influences
Answer: D
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a. closure b. good continuation c. common fate d. proximity
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A. hindsight bias B. confirmation bias C. negativity bias D. representativeness heuristic
The central executive is responsible for all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. coordinating performance on two separate tasks or operations B. retrieving information from short-term memory C. quickly switching between tasks D. selectively attending to specific information and ignoring irrelevant information
Evolutionarily speaking, one reason that people prefer the familiar over that which is unfamiliar is that
a. unfamiliar things can be potentially dangerous. b. familiar things are always good. c. unfamiliar things require more cognitive effort to process. d. familiar things tend to fall into our schemas and stereotypes.