The science of human development may best be described as an attempt to understand:
how and why people from diverse cultures are different.
how children learn to speak and understand language.
how and why people change across the life span.
how humans and animals are similar and different.
how and why people change across the life span.
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According to your textbook's discussion of the terms Black and African American, the term Black is generally considered to be
a. a racist term. b. a more inclusive, welcoming term. c. a more specific term. d. an outdated, old-fashioned term.
The reason that antidepressant medications are sometimes used to treat narcolepsy is that a. narcolepsy is often caused by depression
b. the anti-anxiety properties of these medications reduce narcolepsy. c. these medications suppress REM sleep that can trigger cataplexy. d. all of these
Dr. Cover studies the benefits and undesirable outcomes of stereotyping. Which area of psychology does her research BEST represent?
A) cognitive psychology B) social psychology C) clinical psychology D) cultural psychology
Those who are proponents of the sociocognitive theory of hypnosis believe that the behavior seen in hypnotized people is due, in part, to:
a. social pressure b. trance-like state c. an altered state of consciousness d. an unconscious desire to please