At various times in history, in an attempt to explain problematic, irrational behavior, humans have focused on supernatural causes that include
a. witchcraft
b. demons and evil spirits.
c. the moon and stars.
d. All of the above
c
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A psychologist visiting a classroom concludes that one of the children is depressed because the child is quiet and unresponsive. Actually, the child has the flu. The psychologist has made what error?
a. failure to distinguish correlation from causation b. failure to distinguish inference from observation c. failure to use experimental controls d. failure to obtain a representative sample
The strongest evidence for a critical period for human language development is the ____.
A. exceptional language abilities of children with Williams syndrome B. different lateralization of first language and second language C. differences in language between Broca's aphasia and Wernicke's aphasia D. difficulty deaf children have learning sign language if they start late
Clarissa's mother was 38 years old at the time of Clarissa's birth. Clarissa suffers from severe intellectual disabilities, and doctors have diagnosed that her condition is due to an extra chromosome that she received at the time of conception. Identify the condition afflicting Clarissa.
A. Sickle-cell anemia B. Tay-Sachs disease C. Down syndrome D. Phenylketonuria
Individuals with high scores for aggression more often have a particular variant of the ____ allele, which regulates _____
a. MAOA; serotonin metabolism b. MA-L; dopamine turnover c. MAA; serotonin receptors d. MAOA; dopamine receptors