Why do human infants tightly grasp anything placed in the palm of the hand?
a. Grasping is important for development of hand–eye coordination.
b. Newborns tend to imitate the actions of their parents
c. Grasping helps increase the flow of blood.
d. We inherited this behavior from monkeylike ancestors.
d
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Student Z is the target of unwelcome verbal and physical conduct from classmates and finds little about herself/himself in textbooks except for stereotypes. What can we assume about student Z?
a. Student Z is likely to be female. b. Student Z is likely to be from an economically disadvantaged background. c. Student Z is likely to compensate for this by over-contributing to class conversations. d. Student Z has conduct disorder.
How did Putman define psychological courage?
A. helping friends and family flourish B. the ability to cope with the tragedies of life C. the wisdom to manage life’s difficulties D. strength in facing one’s destructive habits
Freud's psychoanalytic theory predicts that mothers who feed babies generously will receive strong attachment. Research results on this topic
a. support Freud; well-fed babies are attached strongest. b. neither support nor contradict Freud. c. support Freud for girls and contradict him for boys. d. contradict Freud; attachment seems unrelated to feeding.
Many neurons release neuropeptides mostly from the ____.
A. vesicles B. nodes C. axons D. dendrites