Participants are shown a series of blinking lights: red, green, white, and light blue. The stimuli blink seemingly at random, but there is a pattern. Participants are asked questions about the lights during the task. Which ability reveals the LEAST about intelligence?
A) labelling the light blue stimulus as periwinkle
B) recognizing that there is a pattern
C) recognizing very quickly that there is a pattern
D) predicting the next light stimulus
A) labelling the light blue stimulus as periwinkle
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a. A working mother b. A stay-at-home mother c. A single mother d. There is no current research information indicating a significant difference.
Humans may have been able to evolve such big brains without sacrificing other functions because of ____
a. exercise b. mutations c. deletions d. diet
Seventy-six-year old Sonja is thinking about what she will order for lunch as she runs out the door to pick up her friend Suzette. She shouts out to her husband, "Can you please call, um, um...what's her name... and tell her that I'm running late." She wanted to say "Suzette" but could not think of her name. Why does this often happen to older adults?
A. Crystallized memory declines. B. Working memory holds less information simultaneously. C. There is an inability to easily engage implicit memory. D. Fluid memory is blocked by working memory.
The neurotransmitter _____ is suspected to play a role in attention-deficit disorder
Answer: dopamine