While humans have not changed much biologically in the previous 200,000 years, we live in vastly different cultural environments due to our cognitive capacity to formulate ways to change our environments.

a. true
b. false


Ans: a. true

Psychology

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a. sedatives. b. tranquilizers. c. stimulants. d. hallucinogens.

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An experimenter presents a flash of light and a bell simultaneously followed by food. Conditioning proceeds satisfactorily, but when the experimenter presents the light and bell separately, he finds that the bell is an effective CS, but the light is not. The experimenter has demonstrated _______

a. counterconditioning b. latent inhibition c. blocking d. overshadowing

Psychology

Tonight Manuela saw a massive New Year's Eve fireworks show from a private yacht in Sydney harbor. Which of the following will occur?

A. Manuela will form an explicit, episodic memory that will be transferred into autobiographical memory. B. Manuela will form an explicit, episodic memory that will over time become an implicit memory. C. Manuela will form an autobiographical memory that will in time be transferred to episodic memory. D. Manuela will form an implicit, episodic memory that will be transferred into flashbulb memory.

Psychology

Accommodation is to __________ as assimilation is to __________

A) fitting in; fitting in B) changing; changing C) fitting in; changing D) changing; fitting in

Psychology