Light, the stimulus for vision, is
a. a form of chemical energy.
b. a form of mechanical energy.
c. a form of electromagnetic energy.
d. the result of vibrations of molecules.
C
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Which of the following is a concern raised by cross-cultural research on Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
a) The ages associated with each stage of development are the same across cultures. b) The four stages do not always occur in the same order in every culture. c) There is cultural variation in the order in which children acquire specific skills within Piaget's stages. d) It assumes that the scientific reasoning associated with formal operations is not the universal end point of cognitive development.
Ella is a participant in a study using the lexical decision task technique. To which pair of real or non-real words would she likely have the fastest response time?
a. ?table—resk b. ?dup—loor c. ?building—house d. ?egg—tree
According to the law of specific nerve energy, neural signals are associated with a characteristic sensory quality because
a. They are generated by different kinds of receptors b. They are labelled by their different firing frequencies c. They are labelled by different kinds of receptors d. They reach different cortical receiving areas
Ollie wakes up one morning and can't remember who he is, where he works, or where he lives. A physician does not find anything physically wrong, although his friends say Ollie has been under stress recently. He is probably suffering from
a) depersonalization. b) dissociative fugue. c) generalized amnesia. d) an adjustment disorder.