General statements like, "A major celebrity will spend time in jail in 2007," and then we recall that Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie were sentenced to serve jail time in 2007. This is the psychic trick of
A) clairvoyance. B) cold reading.
C) failed psychic predictions. D) multiple end points.
D
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According to Gilligan’s theory, how would Selena, if she were an adult, most likely explain why she chose not to steal?
As Selena and her friends are walking home after school they approach a corner store and see bags of candy and snacks on open shelves outside the front door. A young clerk is also outside waiting for customers. As they get closer, they see the clerk go inside the store. Selena's friends encourage her to take a bag of candy, but she refuses. A) Selena would explain that her mother taught her that stealing is wrong. B) Selena would explain that it is important to conform to authority. C) Selena would explain that she does not steal because she believes in universal laws of justice. D) Selena would explain that she does not steal because stealing is wrong and because it would cause harm to the shop owner.
The loss of unused neural connections is a process called ______.
A. neuronal pruning B. synaptic pruning C. transient exuberance D. neurogenesis
Concerning REM sleep, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Roughly 85 percent of the time, people awakened during REM sleep report having vivid dreams. b. After studying for a long period, you will remember more if you go to sleep than if you pull an all-nighter. c. REM sleep is a combination of sleep spindles and very deep delta waves. d. People who are born blind experience REM sleep.
In the self-determination theory of Deci and Ryan, the value or pleasure associated with an activity is called:
a. extrinsic motivation b. self-actualizing motivation c. intrinsic motivation d. reward