What was the most controversial claim in Arthur Jensen’s article, “How Much Can We Boost I.Q. and Achievement?”
a. IQ tests are biased in favor of Caucasians.
b. Caucasians have higher levels of Level II intelligence than African Americans.
c. Caucasians have higher levels of Level I intelligence than any other race.
d. IQ tests measure Level 1 intelligence but fail to measure Level II intelligence.
b. Caucasians have higher levels of Level II intelligence than African Americans.
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Some research has found that the electrical activity of the brain indicates that lucid dreams may involve a mixture of REM sleep and wakefulness. If this research can be repeated, it may point to the idea that it is possible to be self-aware while one is
A) correlation versus causation B) replicability C) falsifiability D) extraordinary claims
Which of the following effects on the brain has not been noted by research into sleep deprivation?
a. Sleep deprivation disrupts the ability of the thalamus to send messages to the amygdala. b. Sleep deprivation leads to a diminishing of proteins that help neurons grow and survive. c. Sleep deprivation can hinder the creation of cells in the hippocampus. d. Sleep deprivation leads to an impairment of subsequent learning.
We would expect that __________ would block the induction of LTP in the hippocampus.
A. a drug that blocks NMDA receptors B. using high-frequency electrical pulses C. a drug that inactivates NMDA receptors D. a drug that blocks GABA receptors
Mickey is about to take his psychology finals. Just before the exam, the person sitting next to him asks him the name of the physiologist who worked on classical conditioning. Mickey suddenly realizes that he cannot quite remember the name, but he knows that it starts with a P and is two syllables long. Mickey is experiencing
A. repression. B. retrograde amnesia. C. the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. D. simple decay.