Changes in existing ways of thinking in response to encounters with new stimuli or events is called
a. assimilation. c. organization.
b. accommodation. d. conditioning.
b
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How many of the following four home situations (father is absent from family, mother has poor mental health, family has two or less children, head of household is unemployed) represent possible risk factors for negatively impacting a child's IQ score?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
A researcher asks extraverts and introverts to work on a series of math problems while listening to loud or soft music. Based on past research, we would expect to find that
A. the extraverts do better on the test, regardless of the music level. B. the introverts do better when listening to loud music, the extraverts better when listening to soft music. C. the extraverts do better when listening to loud music, the introverts better when listening to soft music. D. introverts and extraverts do equally well regardless of how loud the music is playing.
Identify an accurate statement about the gray matter of the human brain.
A. It increases throughout an individual's lifespan. B. It is primarily made up of axons. C. It consists of cell bodies. D. It is found mostly in the inner regions of the prefrontal cortex.
Repression is an example of:
A. interference. B. absent-mindedness. C. blocking. D. suggestibility.