Tracy learned to keep her tent from sagging by strengthening connections between its support poles. For Tracy to learn, changes in her brain that involved the strengthening of connections between neurons likely occurred. This process is known as ______________.
-associative learning
-long-term potentiation
-latent learning
-acquisition
-long-term potentiation
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ean Piaget attempted to gain insight into the nature and development of the human mind by studying:
A) how memories are contaminated by prior knowledge. B) the perceptual and cognitive errors of children. C) the rate at which forgetting occurs. D) perceptual illusions in adults.
The brain has ____ control of the facial muscles.
A. ipsilateral B. contralateral C. bilateral D. mixed
Which of the following statements about recent research in developmental psychology is true?
A. Recent research has settled the controversy of the influences of nature and nurture. B. Recent research has questioned some of Piaget's theories, such as object permanence. C. Recent research has conclusively authenticated virtually all of Freud's psychosexual theories. D. Recent research has created suspicion that Piaget's original studies may have been falsified.
The percentage of identical (monozygotic) twins in which both twins are homosexual is 50%. This means
A. homosexuality is determined by genetics. B. genes are only one influence for sexual orientation. C. family relationships determine sexual orientation. D. genes are not an influence for sexual orientation.