Which experience will likely show comparatively higher blood flow in the cerebellum?
A. Learning to tie a shoe
B. Becoming afraid of spiders
C. Learning lyrics to a song
D. Seeing a famous painting
Answer: A
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a. repression b. sublimation c. projection d. reaction formation
James constantly asks his friend Rob to tell him what the professor just said in lecture, because James has much more trouble remembering verbal information long enough to write it down in his notes. It is likely that James
A. has some type of mild brain damage. B. is more likely than Rob to use simple repetition to remember verbal material. C. experiences more activation of his anterior cingulate cortex than Rob during verbal tasks. D. is more likely than Rob to use semantic strategies during short-term verbal memory tasks.
The subfield of psychology concerned with the origins of behaviors and mental processes, their adaptive value, and the purposes they continue to serve is ______
a. evolutionary psychology c. behavior genetics b. psychobiology d. psychoneuroendocrinology
Parents who see math and science as important and who believe their children can do well in these areas
A) are simply responding to their children's earlier successes in math and science. B) are themselves unusually gifted in math and science. C) have children who show more interest and improvement in math and science. D) have children who react to the pressure by becoming more interested in nontechnical subjects.