A steady diet of violent television fare can encourage aggression in children, who are consequently _______ respond aggressively in real life.
A) incidentally taught to
B) severely punished when they
C) encouraged by their parents to
D) rewarded when they
E) frustrated and therefore motivated to
A) incidentally taught to
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Leonard Heston conducted an adoption study of the possible causes of schizophrenia. What was the major finding in his study?
a. There was no evidence of a genetic influence on schizophrenia. b. Adopted individuals had higher rates of schizophrenia regardless of the mental health status of their parents. c. An individual's childhood environment has a much greater impact on the incidence of schizophrenia than do genetic factors. d. Adopted children whose birth mothers were schizophrenic developed schizophrenia at a higher rate than did children born to normal mothers.
A progressive form of mental deterioration that affects about 1% of people age 60 and nearly 50% of those after age 85 is called
a. Parkinson's Disease. c. Alzheimer's disease. b. senility. d. acetylcholine disease.
The defining characteristic of centration is ____ thought.
A. abstract B. narrowly focused C. a lack of object permanent D. overextension
The "magic number" seven refers to which capacity of shortÂterm memory?
a. time b. iconic c. space d. echoic