Nico and Brooke are teenagers who had a large portion of their brains removed as infants. Today they are functioning well because over the years their brains have compensated for their losses through a process called
a. lateralization.
b. saltatory connection.
c. deep lesioning.
d. neuroplasticity.
D
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There is a slight tendency in the U.S. for boys and men to have higher self-esteem than girls and women. Research suggests that this disparity is probably MOSTLY due to the fact that ____
a. females tend to be more modest (try not to boast) when filling out surveys b. many existing self-esteem surveys are heavily gender-biased c. females tend to be more critical of their interpersonal and relationship skills d. females tend to be more critical of their bodies
In Exercise 7, the movement ratio results for the experimental condition revealed blocking because the value of the movement ratio for the medium-intensity light (CSML) during the extinction trial (Stage 3) was
a. virtually zero. b. higher than the movement ratio for the tone in Stage 3. c. nearly that same as that for the tone in Stage 3. d. almost 1.0.
Joan is eating lunch, and she says to Brad, "Can you pass the salt?" Brad replies "Yes, I can"; however, he doesn't actually pass the salt. What kind of miscommunication does this brief conversation suggest?
a. a slip-of-the-tongue b. a syntactic error c. a pragmatic problem d. the linearization problem
_____refers to explaining the purpose of a study to participants after completion of data collection, and _____ refers to not telling the participants the truth about the purpose of the study
a. Deception; debriefing b. Debriefing; informed consent c. Informed consent; debriefing d. Debriefing; deception