If you were able to (safely) remove your own brain and flatten out the entire cerebral cortex, how large would it be?
a. About 2.5 square feet
b. About 250 square feet
c. About 25 square feet
d. About 2500 square feet
A
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c. A hypothesis is a conjecture about the relationship between variables. d. Anxiety is how you felt the first time you had to give a speech.
Beginning at about age 38, most women find that:
a. their ovaries release fewer ova and with greater irregularity b. they begin to enter menopause c. they experience a "second menarche" d. their ovaries develop a new supply of ova
According to one survey of women waiting in a doctor's office,
A) more than 40% had been physically abused by a husband or boyfriend in their lifetime. B) virtually none had been physically abused by a husband or boyfriend in their lifetime. C) most were fearful that they would be physically abused by a husband or boyfriend in their lifetime. D) 60% had a defensive attributional style.
When Vygotsky referred to the concept of scaffolding, he was speaking about
A. guided assistance that a skilled individual provides to a less skilled individual. B. the "intellectual ladder of success" that children are innately driven to climb. C. the importance of allowing children to "learn on their own" without adult interference. D. the structures of the mind that hold together lower levels of thought and higher levels of thought.