The cones on the retina are sensitive to _____.
A. color and fine detail
B. dim light and color
C. fine detail and dim light
D. color, fine detail, and dim light
Answer: A. color and fine detail
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In a study examining the effects of gender (male or female) and major (psychology, computer science, philosophy, or biology) on college students' willingness to perform community service, what is the factorial notation?
a. 2 × 2 b. 2 × 3 c. 2 × 4 d. 1 × 6
The introduction to the chapter on language comprehension includes a section about the English-centered focus of psycholinguistics. Which of the following students provides the best summary of this section?
a. Diarmiud: "Because English is the standard language used in international relations, researchers need to focus on this language." b. Fiona: "Researchers are most likely to study the English language. However, without knowing how people function in other languages, we cannot claim that any language characteristic is universal." c. Judy: "The initial research in psycholinguistics was primarily focused on English; in the 21st century, however, researchers are systematically investigating a wide variety of other languages." d. Steve: "It was fortunate that psycholinguistics researchers initially focused on English, because this language turns out to be a prototypical language in terms of both syntax and semantics."
Gail and Janelle are talking about the differences between their children. Janelle's youngest, who is one year old, has not yet crawled. Gail says that Janelle should be worried. Should Janelle be worried about her son's motor development?
A. yes-normal children crawl by 10 months according to norms of development B. no-norms for development refer to an average age and not absolute age C. no-motor development at this age is controlled by experience, and so Janelle should just spend more time playing with her son D. yes-10 months is late for crawling
When a child is rewarded for stating a particular view, her or his attitude about that object or concept is influenced. This shows the importance of __________ in attitude formation.
A. operant conditioning B. the mere-exposure effect C. observational learning D. classical conditioning