Which of the following represents an example of the actor-observer effect?
a) I like football because I'm interested in it. My cousin likes football because he won a football scholarship.
b) I cut that person off while I was driving because the rain made my windshield foggy. That person who cut
c) I can't cook because my mother was a lousy cook. My sister can't cook because she is too busy.
d) I copied my term paper because I only had a week to get the thing done. My brother cheated on the test
because he didn't have time to study.
b
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The genetic transmission of physical and psychological characteristics from parents to offspring is known as
a. development. b. heredity. c. nurture. d. maturation.
The concepts of reversibility and conservation develop during the __________ stage
a. preoperational b. sensorimotor c. concrete operational d. formal operational
Maternal stress during pregnancy may affect prenatal development because when a pregnant woman experiences stress
a. her immune system is weakened. b. oxygen flow to the fetus is increased. c. she is less likely to smoke and drink. d. she is more likely to consume high levels of folic acid.
Many researchers believe that the hippocampus plays a time-limited role in consolidation and retrieval, which explains why damage to this area causes older memories to suffer less than recent ones.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)