The incidental nonadaptive by-products of an adaptive evolutionary change are called __________
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
Answer: spandrels
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Which statement concerning speech perception in adulthood is true?
a. Loud background noise is more distracting to young adults than to older adults. b. Older adults are more likely to recall fewer details from a conversation that took place in a noisy restaurant. c. Older adults tend to be better at attending to multiple conversations than young adults. d. In familiar setting, older adults tend to not use contextual cues to help them interpret what they are hearing.
Adaptation theory emphasizes the active construction of psychological structures to interpret experience
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Consider this statement: We are our own worst critic. According to Freud, which of the following components of our personality may best fuel this notion?
a) superego b) preconscious c) ego ideal d) ego
Deterioration of cognitive abilities among the elderly, to the point that social and occupational functions are impaired, is called
a) absent-mindedness. b) dementia. c) age-related forgetting. d) none of the above.