The seminal research on critical periods in neural development was conducted in the 1960s on which of the following subjects?
a. rats
b. adult monkeys
c. preschool children
d. newborn kittens
D
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Regarding REM sleep, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. REM sleep is also called active sleep because the brain is more active during REM than NREM. b. During REM sleep, muscle activity is blocked almost to the point of paralysis. c. REM sleep is also called paradoxical sleep. d. All dreams occur during REM sleep. e. During REM sleep, a person's eyes dart about under the closed eyelids.
Some researchers examining the validity of the Implicit
Associations Test (IAT) have suggested that an absence of correlation between the IAT and measures of explicit prejudice actually supports the IAT's validity. This is because the IAT is believed to measure unconscious, or implicit, prejudice. The result is that the validity of the IAT can be supported whether correlations with other measure of prejudice are low or high. This is a problem for which of the six principles of critical thinking? A) Correlation versus causation B) Replicability C) Falsifiability D) Extraordinary claims
Jaycee's employees are quite dissatisfied. They are not meeting his goals and nothing he does seems to motivate him. Jaycee could benefit most from a(n) _____
a) developmental psychologist. b) industrial/organizational psychologist. c) stricter shift supervisor. d) more relaxed attitude.
Which of the following statements about cigarette smoking is TRUE?
A) Cigarette smokers are ten times more likely than nonsmokers to use illegal drugs. B) African American and Hispanic American adolescents are more likely to smoke than are non-Hispanic White Americans. C) Boys are more likely than girls to smoke cigarettes. D) all of the above