In Europe, young adults cannot drive until they are 18 years of age. What has been the consequence of increasing the minimum driving age?
What will be an ideal response?
Because the young adults have less access to cars, the rate of accidents and fatalities among young people is substantially lower than in the U.S. However, the number one cause of death in this age group still remains vehicle injury.
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You are writing a paper on the effects of cough medicine. Based on the research cited in the textbook, which of the following should be the conclusion of your paper?
A. Using cough medicine is an effective method to control coughing. B. Cough medicine helps to reduce but not eliminate coughing. C. Cough medicines have no scientifically demonstrated effect on coughing. D. Certain types of coughs are most likely to be reduced with cough medicine.
The idea that the threshold for sensing a stimulus depends not only on the properties of the stimulus itself but on the level of background stimulation, as well as characteristics of the perceiver, is explained by
a. Weber's Law. b. the volley principle. c. opponent-process theory. d. signal-detection theory. e. sensory adaptation.
Over the 7-million-year period of hominin evolution, ____
a. brains grew very rapidly b. quadrupeds became bipeds c. agriculture replaced hunting d. ecological complexity shaped modern intelligence
Which situation involves positive punishment through the use of natural consequences?
A. putting Suzy in time-out after she hits her brother B. taking Suzy's cell phone away after she talks back C. making Suzy get out of the pool after she dunks her little sister D. making Suzy pick up the marbles that she purposely scattered on the floor