There is a famous neuropsychological example in which Phineas Cage, a railroad foreman, accidentally had a tamping rod shoot from under his chin through his skull damaging his frontal lobe

Which of the following is most likely to have changed for Phineas after the accident?
a. his personality c. his ability to recognize objects
b. his sense of touch d. his hearing


Answer: a

Psychology

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______ development is characterized by slow and gradual change, whereas ______ development is characterized by abrupt change.

A. Continuous; discontinuous B. Discontinuous; continuous C. Multidimensional; multidirectional D. Multidirectional; multidimensional

Psychology

Whose research on the negative effects of school segregation on African American children was cited by the United States Supreme Court when it overturned the "separate but equal" school doctrine in 1954?

a. The Watsons c. The Rumbaughs b. The Clarks d. The Sherifs

Psychology

The capacity for original thinking and problem-solving is known as ________

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.

Psychology

A goal of ethnography that makes it different from other methods of testing theories is that in ethnography, the researcher

a. tries to understand the group or culture without imposing his or her own ideas on it. b. focuses on interjudge reliability. c. relies on the accumulated documents of a culture as a technique for understanding. d. focuses on assessing behaviors that occur more often in private than in public.

Psychology