Meredith's dementia has left her unable to tie her shoes even though she can describe perfectly how to tie her shoes and there is nothing physically wrong with her arms or hands. This type of cognitive deficit is called __________.
A. apraxia
B. aphasia
C. tactasia
D. agnosia
Answer: A
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a. pennies b. snacks c. toys d. all of these
Maurer and Werker (2014) compared infants and adults in their perceptions of the two ways of saying the "t" sound in Hindi. Hindi speakers recognize the difference between these two sounds. To English-speaking adults, however, they both sound like "t," and the adults do not hear the difference. The researchers found that ______.
A. English-learning infants were not able to discriminate between the two "t" sounds because of prenatal exposure to English B. Hindi-learning babies did not learn the distinction between the two "t" sounds until they were capable of their own speech C. there were no differences between the English- and Hindi-learning babies until they reached roughly 18 months of age D. both sets of babies could reliably distinguish the two "t" sounds at 6 months of age, but at 10 months of age only the Hindi-learning babies could do so
The use of chemotherapy for brain tumors is complicated by the fact that
A. brain tumors do not respond to traditional chemotherapy. B. chemotherapy causes too much damage to neurons to be considered as a treatment for brain tumors. C. many substances used in traditional chemotherapy do not cross the blood-brain barrier. D. substances used in traditional chemotherapy mimic the actions of naturally occurring neurotransmitters.
Today, most researchers view development as
A) mostly influenced by the environment. B) mostly influenced by heredity. C) the result of a dynamic interplay between heredity and environment. D) neither influenced by heredity nor the environment.