Regarding nervous system activities and damage to the nervous system, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. A stroke occurs when an artery carrying blood in the brain bleeds or becomes blocked, causing some brain tissue to die.
b. Some brain injuries involve less dramatic, but equally disabling, changes in personality, thinking, judgment, or emotions.
c. Signs of chronic traumatic brain injury have been found in retired NFL players, as well as in athletes from many other violent sports, such as hockey and boxing.
d. The name boxers have given to the symptoms of chronic traumatic brain injury is the sucker-punch.
ANSWER: d
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a. mind and body are separate. b. the whole is more than the sum of its parts. c. the brain is made up of structures and functions. d. behavior is influenced by free will and determinism.
Random assignment to groups helps ensure that:
A) demand characteristics in each group are minimized. B) an independent variable is manipulated in each group. C) groups do not differ on variables not of interest. D) a correlation does not exist between the independent and dependent variable.
When compared with preschoolers, older children are especially more proficient at
a. speaking with holophrases. b. giving accurate referential descriptions. c. generating and using creole. d. understanding motherese.
According to Stein and Bransford's results on how elaboration influences recall, which sentence should provide the best retrieval cue for the word 'worried'?
a. The worried man read the article. b. The worried man read the article in Time Magazine. c. The worried man read the article about the approaching storm. d. The worried man read the article about the weather.