Areas bordering the primary auditory cortex are important for ____.

A. detecting loudness of sounds
B. analyzing the meaning of sounds
C. determining location of sounds
D. detecting pitch of sounds


Answer: B

Psychology

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A program that is designed to encourage people to make good choices with regard to their well-being and to prevent people from engaging in risky behaviors is called ________.

A. dialectic behavior therapy B. psychoneuroimmunology C. health promotion D. primary prevention

Psychology

Which of the following children shows awareness of classification hierarchies?

A) Nick, who enjoys lining all of his action figures up and arranging them from shortest to tallest B) Paige, who draws a map of her neighborhood, complete with landmarks and streets C) Isabel, who spends hours sorting and resorting her collection of bracelets, grouping them first by color, then by size, and finally by shape D) Jorge, who pretends he is king and that his little brothers are the commoners who must do his will

Psychology

Caitlin works in the psychology department's rat lab. In her ­studies, she found that many of her lab rats would develop a conditioned taste aversion to certain foods after as little as one trial

Caitlin's psychology professor refers to this as a ­classic example of a. biological preparedness. b. psychological preparedness. c. instinctive drift. d. stimulus substitution.

Psychology

In general, marital satisfaction tends to be the highest during _____

a. young adulthood
b. early adulthood
c. late adulthood
d. quarterly adulthood

Psychology