A process whereby animals emit sounds and then use comparisons of the emitted sounds and their returning echoes to sense the world around them is known as ______.
A. auditory scene analysis
B. shadow response
C. high frequency analysis
D. biosonar
Answer: D
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A group of 100 female undergraduate students are surveyed. More than half say they have been victims of sexual aggression. The men who coerced them into intercourse did so without planning to do so and manipulated them by using alcohol and interpreted their protests of sexual advances as meaning "go ahead." What, if any, aspect of this group's survey results is unusual?
a. It is unusual for most acts of rape to be unplanned. b. It is unusual for one-half of undergraduate females to report being victims of sexual aggression. c. It is unusual for men who coerce sex to use alcohol. d. It is unusual for men who coerce sex to interpret protests as insincere.
Research indicates that children are most likely to imitate a model who is _______.
a. affectionate b. powerful c. similar to the child d. all of the above
A chemical substance that circulates throughout the brain and travels a relatively long
distance to influence the activity of neurons is called a(n) a. neurotransmitter. b. synaptic ion. c. neuromodulator. d. enzyme. e. neuroeffector.
Most neurobiological research has focused on children who fall at opposite extremes of the __________ and __________ dimensions of temperament
A) positive-affect; fearful-distress B) effortful-control; activity-level C) attention-span; irritable-distress D) activity-level; positive-affect