Nat is a middle-aged man who stops breathing in his sleep,
awakens slightly to gulp in air, then goes back to sleep.
This cycle is repeated throughout the night. Nat is suffering from
a. narcolepsy.
b. sleep apnea.
c. somnambulism.
d. REM behavior disorder.
ANSWER: b
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a. ?partial reinforcement b. ?successive approximation c. ?secondary reinforcement d. ?delayed reinforcement
Laverne works on an assembly line, spotting defective bottles. Recently, her performance has been poor and her boss warns her that if she misses one more defective bottle, she will be fired. Laverne's reaction time will ____ because of the changed ____.?
a. ?increase; expectancy b. ?increase; speed-accuracy tradeoff c. ?decrease; complexity d. ?decrease; stimulus-response compatibility
Cerebral hemorrhages a. usually do not cause much damage unless they continue for more than 48 hours
b. produce milder symptoms than ischemia. c. usually do not produce noticeable behavioral symptoms. d. are frequently fatal due to interfering with the blood supply to neurons and leading to neuron dehydration.
The field of _____________ is devoted to the study of just how much inherited genes can influence personality and patterns of behavior
a) behavioral genetics b) genetic microbiology c) genomanalysis d) geometric heredity