Research findings suggesting that people become less prosocial when induced to reject their belief in free will is interpreted as indicating that ____
a. free will really does exist
b. absolute free will does exist, but relative free will does not
c. relative free will does exist, but absolute free will does not
d. the belief in free will affects people's willingness to behave prosocially
D
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When does a male songbird learn what his song is supposed to sound like?
a. During his first year, long before he can sing b. As soon as he can start to sing c. After he has attracted a mate d. After he has begun to fight with other males
An evolutionary explanation for the relationship between a face's symmetry and its perceived attractiveness is that
a. asymmetrical faces are less familiar and therefore more distinctive in memory. b. facial symmetry is associated with biological health and fitness. c. biological factors have very little to do with facial symmetry. d. parents devote more resources to caring for offspring with symmetrical faces.
Regarding research evidence on aggression, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Investigators have found strong links between alcohol use and violent behaviors like rape, homicide, and domestic violence. b. Investigators have identified neural mechanisms associated with genes linked to violent or impulsive behavior. c. The relationship between alcohol and aggressive behavior is influenced by situational social demands as wellas the user's biological sensitivity to alcohol. d. Research suggests that frustration consistently leads people to behave aggressively. e. The increased availability of serotonin in aggressive men's brains may create a tendency to make them morelikely to respond to social provocation.
Coma researcher Steven Laureys and his colleagues used fMRI to reexamine 54 patients previously diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state, or brain dead. Patients were repeatedly asked to imagine swinging a tennis racquet or walking down a familiar street. Five of the patients showed clearly different brain activity to the two tasks despite being unable to communicate with doctors in any other way. These results suggest that not all patients are brain-dead, but instead some may have
a. Broca's aphasia.
b. spatial neglect.
c. locked-in syndrome.
d. neurogenic agnosia.