Regarding the study of psychology, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Psychology is defined as the scientific study of overt behavior and mental processes.
b. The word psychology is thousands of years old and comes from ancient Greek roots for mind and study.
c. The field of psychology can help us to better understand ourselves and others.
d. Psychology is a static field that is based to a large extent on commonsense theories of behavior.
d
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Until the last quarter of the 19th century, philosophers studied human nature using which of the following methods??
a. ?speculation b. ?intuition c. ?generalizations d. ?All of the choices are correct. e. ?None of the choices are correct.
Lifelong learning might make an individual resistant to the cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease. This is the basis of the ______ hypothesis, where individuals have developed a greater brain capacity from which to compensate the losses triggered by the disorder. One example for this were the Roman Catholic sisters, where individuals with a higher ______ density when young were still healthy decades later, despite having one or more APOE4 alleles.
A. reserve; idea B. surplus; neural C. place cell; location D. Ach; muscle
Which of the following is not evaluated in an Apgar test?
a. reflex irritability c. color b. muscle tone d. bone strength
In studies, when rats are fear conditioned and they experience amygdala lesions, __________.
A. they continue to demonstrate fear conditioning with no problems B. they demonstrate fear conditioning but only when trained in a new environment C. they forget the training and no longer experience an emotional reaction to the trigger D. they continue to demonstrate fear conditioning, but new memories are unable to form