Martin and Lewis plan to adopt 3-year-old Alexandru, who has been living in an orphanage since birth. Martin and Lewis should know that early, prolonged institutionalization ________
A) fosters resilience in later childhood and adolescence
B) increases the brain’s capacity to manage stress
C) leads to a decrease in size and activity in the cerebral cortex
D) has little impact on intellectual development
Answer: C
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Neurofibrillary tangles, which are typically found in patients with Alzheimer's disease,
a. are unique to that disease and allow for definite diagnosis. b. are also found in adults with other neurocognitive disorders. c. have not yet been identified. d. do not appear until the end stage of the disease.
Which of the following does NOT belong?
a. observation b. modeling c. vicarious learning d. conditioned stimulus e. imitation
Dr. Johan read a journal article that discussed the results of a study on the conversational patterns of men and women that was conducted with college student participants. He decides to repeat this experiment using middle-aged and older adults. In regard to the original study, Dr. Johan's study will be considered a(n)
a. operational revision. b. replication. c. confirmation bias. d. double-blind study.
When a thief runs away with Marvianna's purse, she wants to help the police catch him. Because she has prosopagnosia, what is she least likely to say?
A. He had brown hair. B. That's him in that photograph. C. He rode away on a bicycle. D. He ran down the sidewalk and then over to the left side of the street.