Dr. Marcel is a researcher who studies the brain processes associated with behavior in adolescents. Which of the following conclusions is he most likely to reach about the adolescent brain?
a. Brain functioning becomes more inhibited during adolescence.
b. Brain functioning becomes less connected during adolescence.
c. Brain functioning becomes less effective during adolescence.
d. Brain functioning becomes more specialized during adolescence.
A
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Which of these is an example of the primacy effect in social psychology?
a. Group polarization b. Multiculturalism c. The sleeper effect d. The inoculation effect
Cognitive therapy originally developed as a treatment approach to
a. marital problems. b. anxiety problems. c. depression. d. schizophrenia.
Which of the following is true about genetic influences on behavior?
A. People are clones of their parents and thus destined to exhibit the same behaviors as their parents. B. A person's future behaviors can be entirely predicted based on the genes they had at birth. C. Even hereditary behaviors show a good deal of diversity, even within families. D. Behavioral genetics is popular because people take comfort in the idea that their behaviors are out of their conscious control.
Creutzfeld-Jacob disease is a _________ that results in the e formation of small ___________ in the brain
a. aluminum accumulation; neurofibrillary plaques and tangles b. prion disease; cavities that resemble the holes in a sponge c. flexible bodies disease; round disc-like calcifications d. vascular disease; bundles of plaque