In general, genes control the ___ of synapses, and experience controls the ___ of synapses.

a. generation, pruning
b. pruning, generation
c. maintenance, firing
d. firing, generation


a. generation, pruning

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Which of the following is true about choices in the realistic stage?

A. Choices focus on job opportunities such as acting, medicine, sports, and law enforcement. B. Choices present a sense of continuing development of the career and a feeling of forward motion. C. Choices become narrowed by weighing job requirements and rewards against interests, abilities and values. D. Choices involve severing bonds with the workplace.

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Every time Mary uses her DVR to record a television show, she verbally recites each step that she must go through in order to program the DVR. Mary is using:

a. self-generated stimulus prompts b. self-instructions c. total task presentation d. A and B

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When a person has a mental illness he or she ________

a. is diagnosed as insane. b. engages in socially unusual behavior. c. is engaging in a statistically rare behavior. d. may or may have symptoms that are extremely common.

Psychology

Which style of explanation is associated with depression?

a) temporary, specific, internal b) permanent, specific, external c) permanent, universal, internal d) temporary, universal, external

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