Experience-dependent brain development leads to
A) synaptic pruning.
B) growth of new synapses.
C) clumsy motor movements.
D) developing the same set of basic skills
B) growth of new synapses. Experience-dependent development is the development of specific skills (such as riding a skateboard) in which new synapses form to code the experience.
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The point of view of this textbook is that
a. it is likely that everyone will be touched by the problems associated with mental illness at some point in their life. b. very few people will ever come into contact with the problems that are associated with mental illness. c. isolation between people with mental illness and people without mental illness benefits both groups. d. mental illness is almost a thing of the past due to modern treatments.
Nicole recently had her first child. Afterwards, she felt somewhat depressed for about 10 days, after which, she felt like her old self again. Which of the following is true?
a. Nicole had postpartum depression (PPD). b. Nicole experienced a "break with reality" due to PPD. c. What Nicole experienced is unusual because most new mothers only experience positive emotions. d. Nicole likely had the baby blues.
We often form impressions of people rapidly, using categorization, but when we need to know a person accurately and thoroughly, we form impressions in a systematic, piecemeal fashion. This is a description of
a. the weighted-averaging model b. the figure-ground principle c. the implicit personality theory d. the continuum model of impression formation
Intelligence and personality tests can best be described as
A) unstructured means of assessing behavior. B) direct means of assessing behavior. C) indirect means of assessing psychological characteristics. D) observational means of assessing behavior.