A rapid increase in the number of neural connections during adolescence is called ________

Fill in the blanks with correct word


synaptogenesis

Psychology

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After receiving several tickets for speeding, Joseph lost his driver's license for several months. When he got his driver's license back, Joseph stopped speeding. The reason he stopped speeding is due to the consequence known as

a. negative reinforcement. b. positive punishment. c. negative punishment. d. response chaining.

Psychology

Tim is studying for a test. After seven consecutive hours of studying, he finds he can remember what he just finished studying, but he can no longer remember what he studied five or six hours ago. Tim's memory problems are BEST explained by __________

a. proactive interference b. retrograde amnesia c. memory diffusion d. retroactive interference

Psychology

If a psychologist gave one group of rats extra handling and an enriched environment and deprived a second group of rats, then measured how quickly each group learned a maze,he or she would be engaged in ______

a. naturalistic observation b. a controlled experiment c. correlational research d. field research

Psychology

What term describes the attitude that healthiest or most appropriate sexual practices are those of heterosexuals, so evident in early sexuality research?

a) Ethnocentric b) Sexual relativism c) Homosexism d) Heterosexism

Psychology