What is the value of SS (sum of squared deviations) for the following population? Population: 1, 1, 1, 5
a. 3
b. 7
c. 12
d. 28
C
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A. that the skills were part of a school curriculum B. that the skills might be selectively advanced in prodigies or selectively impaired in people with brain injury C. that the skills were present in infancy D. the existence of a specific brain area that controlled the particular aspect of intelligence
Dakota is using operant conditioning to get his dog Rover to bring him his slippers. He sounds a bell, has Rover bring the slippers, and reinforces the behavior with a dog biscuit. One day, a church bell sounds outside and Rover brings Dakota his slippers. Rover's behavior illustrates:
A. discrimination B. shaping C. intermittent reinforcement D. generalization
Individuals who wear glasses on their face would always see the frames blocking their vision if the human nervous system didn't respond to unchanging stimulation through:
a. sensory adaptation b. perceptual invariance c. perceptual assimilation d. changing difference thresholds
By inserting tiny microelectrodes into single cells in the visual cortex of cats, Hubel and Wiesel were able to determine __________
a) cats cannot see red. b) each neuron responded only to specific patterns. c) all cats are color blind. d) cats have specialized ‘mouse receptors.'