Brain imaging studies have identified neurocognitive deficits in executive function, risk assessment, and problem solving in the brains of
A. chimpanzees who were taught to communicate.
B. newborn infants after a normal healthy pregnancy.
C. adolescents described as gifted or precocious.
D. individuals who attempted or successfully managed suicide.
Answer: D
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The ______ syndrome refers to the fact that some people with autism spectrum disorder have special abilities in art, music, calculation, or memory
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
According to Sigmund Freud, the ________ mind is the part of the mind that contains all the information that you are presently not thinking about but that could easily be retrieved.
A. metacognitive B. preconscious C. conscious D. unconscious
In the context of the substages of Jean Piaget's sensorimotor stage of development, which of the following statements is true of the substage known as coordination of secondary circular reactions?
A. An infant develops the ability to use primitive symbols. B. Infants show the presence of intentionality. C. Infants manipulate and transform represented events in simple ways. D. It develops between fifteen and eighteen months of age.
Men who commit acts of aggression most often do so in response to perceived challenges or threats to their dominance and status; women's aggression is more likely to be focused on:
A. saving face. B. guarding their self-esteem. C. satisfying basic survival motives. D. attaining or protecting a resource.