Overall,thereisconsiderableshrinkagethatoccursintheagingbrain.However,theshrinkageisselective.Theprefrontalcortex,the , andthe allshowprofoundshrinkage.
A. frontallobe;leftcortex
B. parietal;occipital
C. cerebellum;amygdale
D. hippocampus;cerebellum
Answer: D
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The most important groups influenced by Mills
a. are the power elite. b. control the means of production. c. tend to have traditional authority. d. focus on top positions in corporations.
In his study of conformity, Solomon Asch found that __________
a. subjects stood by their own answers and were not influenced by the incorrect responses of Asch's assistants b. subjects chose to conform to the incorrect responses of Asch's assistants about one?third (33 percent) of the time c. subjects chose to conform to the incorrect responses of Asch's assistants over one?half (50 percent) of the time d. subjects always chose to conform to the incorrect responses of Asch's assistants
The family, funeral rites, and jokes are all examples of __________.
a. material culture b. cultural universals c. cultural lag d. cultural relativism
Of the racial/ethnic groups analyzed in this figure, which group has the highest number of respondents?
A researcher is interested to know whether people of different racial-ethnic groups tend to hold different ideas about American cultural diversity. She creates Figure 4.1, where RACEHISP is a variable that indicates respondents’ self-identification as non-Hispanic white, Black or African American, non-Black Hispanic, or another racial/ethnic minority group. IMMCULT is a variable corresponding to the question “How much do you agree of disagree with the following statements? ‘American culture is generally undermined by immigrants.’
Figure 4.1
a. non-Hispanic whites
b. Blacks
c. non-Black Hispanics
d. other racial/ethnic groups