The size of a particular region of the body is directly related to the amount of space in the cerebral cortex devoted to that region. For example, the arms and legs occupy nearly one hundred times the space devoted to the fingers and hand
a. true
b. false
Answer: b. false
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a. Allport and Cattell b. Maslow and Rogers c. Mischel and Rotter d. Dollard and Miller
Clayton has a slightly increased chance of developing schizophrenia because _____.
A. his father was exceedingly stressed before he was born. B. he was an unusually large baby when he was born. C. he was born in the summer. D. his mother had a flu-like illness with fever while she was pregnant with him.
Schizophrenia in a child is correlated with a. high birth weight
b. abnormally large head circumference. c. birth complications such as lack of oxygen and emergency Caesarean section. d. abnormally high neurotrophin levels in umbilical blood.
A key characteristic of autistic disorder involves
a. highly developed social skills. b. normal imaginative ability. c. normal interests and behaviors. d. an inability to relate to point of view taken by others. e. superior athletic ability.