The notion that heredity and surroundings interact to influence development is known as the ______.

What will be an ideal response?


gene x environment interaction

Psychology

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Which of these actions could prevent most cases of Korsakoff's syndrome? a. Require all children to receive vaccinations against measles and chicken pox. b. Fortify all alcoholic beverages with vitamin B1

c. Decrease consumption of high-fructose corn syrup. d. Ban the use of certain pesticides and herbicides.

Psychology

______ shows the "tail" of the distribution is on the low end of the scale.

A. Negative skew B. Leptokurtic kurtosis C. Platykurtic kurtosis D. Positive skew

Psychology

According to the first chapter in your textbook, research in cognitive neuroscience

a. shows that most cognitive processes can be traced to a specific location in the brain. b. often obtains brain images while people are working on a cognitive task. c. is currently most likely to explore cognitive processes by using the brain-lesion method. d. has declined in its popularity during the past 10 to 15 years.

Psychology

Amber lives in a housing development between two parallel streets that both connect to a freeway. She usually takes the street to the south when heading southbound on the freeway to work, but that street is closed for repairs for three months. Amber takes the street to the north during that time. After the street to the south is re-opened, she continues to take the street to the north, even though it is a slightly longer route. Continuing to take the street to the north represents

A. a single dissociation. B. a source problem. C. a mental set. D. convergent thinking.

Psychology