Renee Baillargeon studied object permanence by showing infants possible events and impossible events. In the possible event, a screen rotated until it made contact with a box, at which point it began rotating backwards
In the impossible event, when the rotating screen reached the box, it continued to rotate, the box appeared to disappear, and the box reappeared after the screen rotated past it. She found that 4 ½-month-old infants looked
a. longer at the impossible event than the possible event, suggesting they understood object permanence.
b. longer at the possible event than the impossible event, suggesting they understood object permanence.
c. at both events equally, suggesting they understood object permanence.
d. at both events equally, suggesting they did not understand the concept of object permanence.
a
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a. a transgendered person may decide to live as a man, to live as a woman, or to create another category for themselves. b. someone cannot be categorized as a transgendered person unless this person has had the appropriate surgery. c. by 2008, only 20 US colleges and universities had an official policy that there should be no discrimination against transgendered people. d. most people have more positive attitudes about genital surgery for an adult, compared to their attitudes about genital surgery for an intersexed infant.
Damage to the primary auditory cortex results in ____
a. difficulty in responding to sequences of sounds b. complete deafness c. tone deafness d. inability to hear sounds other than one's own voice
"I never could stand up for myself in a fight. It's just the way I am.". This is an example of a(n) _____ attribution
a. external c. irrational b. global d. stable
__________ plays a critical role as a neurotransmitter that stimulates voluntary muscle movement directly at the junction between nerves and muscles
A) acetylcholine B) GABA C) dopamine D) endorphin