The timing of puberty is determined by:
A) genetics alone.
B) genetics and a variety of environmental forces.
C) the level of nutrition alone.
D) the level of family stress alone.
Answer: B) genetics and a variety of environmental forces.
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Which of the following questions would most interest a structuralist?
a. What is the purpose of friendship? b. What are the basic elements of friendship? c. How does the unconscious influence friendship? d. How does external reinforcement affect friendship?
Research on newborns indicates that they have a sense of number and quantity. What does this finding suggest about Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
a. It confirms what Piaget claimed about infants in the sensorimotor phase. b. Some infants are born with superior intelligence. c. Piaget may have underestimated some cognitive abilities of infants and children. d. Culture determines what infants are capable of doing.
Which of the following brain areas is primarily involved in speech production?
a) Broca's area b) Geschwind's area c) Chomsky's area d) Wernicke's area
Which of the following examples illustrate a US-UR pair?
a. Earning good grades leads to a college scholarship. b. An air puff in the eye elicits an eye blink. c. Swearing in front of your parent leads to a spanking. d. Going to work leads to a paycheck.