The method used most commonly in studies of infant cognition and perception, in which a stimulus is presented repeatedly until the infant loses interest in it, is known as
a. conditioning
b. visual fixation
c. habituation
d. electrocephalography
C
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Paul summarized the final scores of his baseball team's games for the season, but the results were affected by a few extreme scores. This was because he used the:
a. mode b. median c. mean d. standard deviation
Much behavior can be understood as an attempt to maintain consistency between our actions and our
a. self-image. b. ego ideal. c. possible selves. d. organismic values.
It is Valentine's Day, and Danny, a five-year-old child, is talking to his mother about different seasonal holidays. His mother asks him whether Halloween or Thanksgiving happened more recently in the past. Danny is most likely to ___
a. answer correctly that Halloween was more recent b. answer incorrectly that Thanksgiving was more recent c. be just as likely to say Halloween as Thanksgiving d. argue that Valentine's Day was more recent
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
The prefrontal cortex is important for working memory function.