According to Professor Sandoval, the development of inheritable traits that helped our biological ancestors survive might help explain commonalities in human behavior today. She is most likely to consider herself:
a. an epigenesist.
b. an evolutionary psychologist.
c. an empiricist.
d. a sociocultural psychologist.
B
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a. alertness to details. b. nonverbal reasoning. c. visual-motor functioning. d. anxiety.
Dr. Eden studies the fetus’s sensitivity to external stimuli by measuring changes in fetal heart rate when various repeated sounds are presented, followed by a different sound. Dr. Eden is probably using __________
A) imitation B) extinction C) habituation and recovery D) classical conditioning
Josie is extremely unhappy while she studies for her midterm. When she actually goes to take it, however, she is in a very positive mood. Josie seems to have trouble recalling much of what she so diligently studied. This can be explained by
A. context-specific memory. B. state-dependent memory. C. distraction during encoding. D. proactive inhibition.
The most common vision problem in middle childhood is __________
A) cataracts B) astigmatism C) myopia D) tunnel vision