Much of what people consider to be masculine or feminine characteristics is shaped by one's
a. culture.
b. mental strength.
c. heredity.
d. physical strength.
Answer: a. culture.
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a. a vocal tic b. a vocal habit c. stuttering d. a competing response that is used for treating a vocal tic
Charles Darwin developed the universality hypothesis, which suggests that:
A) all individuals process emotions in the same way. B) appraisal of stimuli causes a universal reaction. C) all animals exhibit emotions. D) emotional expressions have the same meaning for everyone.
A longitudinal study discussed in your textbook used MRI scans to study the development of the cerebral cortex as children aged. Which of the following is one of the findings from this study?
a. In the brightest children, the cerebral cortex is always thicker than it is in other children. b. The cortex in very bright children develops more rapidly and for a longer time than it does in other children. c. The cortex in average children reaches its maximum thickness several years later than it does in bright children. d. In children with average IQs, the cortex reaches maximum thickness at age 11 or 12.
_________________ acts as a filter through which one encodes and organizes information about one's world.
A. Schemas B. Networks C. Hierarchies D. Data designs