In eyewitness testimony, one swears that what one has observed accurately depicts reality. Because this "fact" has not been determined through the methods of science, it does not meet Comtes' strictest application of ____.?
a. ?positivism
b. ?determinism
c. ?complex ideas
d. ?materialism
e. ?mechanism
a
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Dr. Wilson is interested in the functions of a nucleus found in the hypothalamus of rats. Which of the following technologies would you recommend to Dr. Wilson for answering this question?
a. repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation b. functional magnetic resonance imaging c. single cell recording d. lesioning and electrical brain stimulation
Neo-Freudian theorists broadened psychodynamic theory by suggesting that
a. human nature is entirely rational. b. only conscious process are important. c. personality develops over the lifetime. d. systematic scientific research is not necessary.
Cells releasing orexins (hypocretins) become more active when
A. both leptin and ghrelin levels are high. B. both leptin and ghrelin levels are low. C. leptin levels are low and ghrelin levels are high. D. leptin levels are high and ghrelin levels are low.
Charley and Joan have reached the developmental stage where they realize that death is inevitable, although they still wish to postpone it. Which developmental stage is this?
a) adolescence b) late adulthood c) young adulthood d) middle adulthood