Evolutionary developmental psychology is the study of
What will be an ideal response?
the adaptive value of species-wide cognitive, emotional, and social competencies as those competencies change over time.
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Henri is the president of a company with 10 employees. Each employee has full medical benefits and Henri doesn't have the time or knowledge to administer the benefits program. His best bet would be to:
a. use outsourcing b. learn the needed skills c. hire a temporary employee each month d. adjust his working schedule
According to the Cannon-Bard theory,
a. the thalamus plays a central role in producing emotions. b. the cerebellum must give the go-ahead for emotion. c. activity in the occipital and parietal lobes happens simultaneously to produce emotion. d. the somatic and sympathetic nervous systems work in concert.
Individuals are selected at random for a study from a list of members of Girl Scout troops to represent the population of girls aged 8–13. This sampling is ______.
a. simple random sample b. stratified random sample c. haphazard/volunteer sample d. cluster sample
Why is studying sensory memory so difficult?
A) Sensory memory has no effect on the way individuals perceive the world. B) Sensory memory cannot be distinguished from long-term memory. C) Sensory memory is not very accurate. D) Sensory memory disappears faster than an individual can report everything that it can hold.