The ascending reticular activating system is part of the:

a. pineal gland
b. adrenal glands
c. liver
d. lower brain stem


d

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a. have poor vision in low illumination. b. have no color vision. c. have poor peripheral vision. d. be able to detect extremely fine details.

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Studies of brain functioning, cognition, and behavior in children with fragile X syndrome reveal that the pathway from genes to behavior __________.

A. involves atypical brain development but not atypical cognitive functioning B. involves atypical aspects of both brain development and cognitive functioning C. is influenced more by the environment than by alterations in brain development D. involves atypical cognitive functioning but not atypical brain development

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The opponent-process theory of color vision was first proposed by Thomas Young in 1802

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Drug use aside, which of the following, according to Freud's theory, could have likely been the cause of the free love movement in the 1960s?

a) unsuccessful resolution of the oral stage b) unsuccessful resolution of the latency stage c) the death instinct d) the life instinct

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