A child attempts to carry out a stunt involving a skateboard and a ramp that he has seen on television. The child's knowledge about how to do this stunt was most likely acquired through which of the following processes?
a. accommodation
b. social learning
c. assimilation
d. apprenticeship
b
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a. "They reduce dopamine activity in the brain by blocking dopamine receptor sites in post-synaptic neurons." b. "They increase the availability of dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain and increase the severity of the symptoms." c. "They may create subconnections between different brain regions, thereby overloading neural circuitry." d. "They may result in weak or aberrant connections between the different brain regions, leading to reductions in the integrative function of the brain."
Which of the following is one of the index scores on the WAIS-IV??
a. ?perceptual reasoning b. naturalistic skills? c. ?social skills d. ?intrapersonal skills
After learning that her husband had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, Sandra Day O'Connor
a. immediately retired from the Supreme Court of the United States b. later said, "It's such a miserable disease. . . . He wants me there all the time." c. kept her husband home until he died d. disapproved of his forming a new personal attachment with a female resident in the institution where he eventually came to live e. none of these
Melatonin is a __________
a) hormone. b) sleeping pill. c) depressant. d) stimulant.