The average life expectancy from birth was about age 47 in 1950, but by 2020 it will be nearly 80 years
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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When there is no objective standard, we often turn to and observe others in an effort to evaluate our actions through a process known as social exchange
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements is true about learning using habituation versus operant conditioning?
A) In operant conditioning studies, infants retain certain information over much longer time spans than they do in habituation research. B) Although habituation research tells us more about infant perceptual and cognitive capacities than operant conditioning, its findings are not clear-cut. C) Operant conditioning studies reveals more about infant perceptual and cognitive capacities than habituation research. D) Operant conditioning studies are a more reliable predictor of later intelligence than habituation and recovery.
Phillipe Pinel, often called "the father of modern psychiatry," is famously known for
A. being the first to implement standardized, well-validated measures of psychological functioning. B. synthesizing chemical compounds that were the precursors to medicine used today. C. theorizing that psychological disorders might have biological causes. D. making a practice of treating patients kindly and humanely rather than with the cruelty typical of the time.
Which of the following is a compensatory mechanism that would result in drug tolerance?
A. a decreased metabolism of the drug B. an increased plasma level of the drug C. an increased number of drug receptors in the brain D. a reduced number of drug receptors