A case study would be the most appropriate method to investigate which of these topics?
a) the development of a male baby raised as a female after a surgical error destroyed his penis
b) the ways in which the games of boys differ from the games of girls
c) the math skills of students in Japan as compared to those of U.S. students
d) physiological changes that occur when people watch violent movies
Answer: A
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a. Schachter's cognitive theory. b. the James-Lange theory. c. Darwin's facial expression theory. d. the facial feedback hypothesis.
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a) communistic b) capitalistic c) collectivistic d) individualistic
A zscore communicates a raw score's
a. absolute magnitude. b. distance from the mean in standard deviations. c. direction from the standard deviation. d. variability.
The ________ quickly assesses danger or threat
a. prefrontal cortex b. right hemisphere c. left hemisphere d. amygdala