Our prehistoric ancestors lived in small bands in which there were not a large number of sexual partners from whom to choose
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Answer: True
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Which of the following students has the most accurate information about the research on levels of categorization?
a. Stacy: "We use family-resemblance names in order to identify objects." b. Midori: "Members of superordinate-level concepts are especially likely to produce the priming effect." c. Scott: "Brain-imaging research shows that the prefrontal cortex is activated when people judge superordinate terms; it is less active with basic-level terms." d. Rasa: "Experts and novices both use basic-level terms more than subordinate-level terms."
Jan can see objects well up close, but they appear blurry from afar. She is probably
A) color blind. B) nearsighted. C) farsighted. D) developing a cataract.
Why is it generally easier to extinguish behaviors that have been reinforced on fixed rather than variable schedules of reinforcement?
a) Extinction is built into fixed schedules. b) Reinforcement on fixed schedules is predictable, so it is easier to determine when it has stopped. c) Fixed schedules tend to lead to high rates of behavior, which over time are tiring to participants. d) Low rates of behavior occurring in fixed schedules mean that the rate of behavior is so close to extinction that all it needs is a little push.
This area of research uses methodologies from the brain sciences to investigate various types of social behavior such as stereotyping in prejudice, attitudes, self-control, and emotional regulation:
a. social psychoscience b. social bioscience c. social neuroscience d. psychosocial neuroscience e. psychosocial biology