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1. The left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is more specialized in language
functions and processing
information sequentially. The right hemisphere tends to specialize in spatial
perception and distinguishing
patterns. These are examples of cortex
A. evolution.
B. neuroplasticity.
C. adaptation.
D. lateralization.
2. Dr. Jones is interested in how human behavior may be genetically inherited
from remote ancestors, such
as chimpanzees. Her field of interest is
A. behavioral genetics.
B. clinical neuropsychology.
C. chemical psychobiology.
D. evolutionary psychology.
3. Dr. Lombard's research is focused on the capacity of the human mind to
store and retrieve information.
Her colleague, Dr. Fry, is a clinician who strives to help his clients be "the best
that they can be." As a fly
on the wall listening to the two psychologists' friendly disputes during coffee
breaks, which of these
assertions would you most likely expect from Dr. Fry?
A. If biology is destiny the concept of free will can be only an illusion.
B. A person's basic assumptions about themselves are inevitably false.
C. People can't be held responsible for their life choices.
D. Mental confusion is best compared to a deficiency in short-term memory.

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4. Which of these statements most accurately characterizes linear perspective?
A. Through experience, we determine that changes in images focused on the
retina occur as a result of the motion of our bodies.
B. We learn to compensate for the monocular disparity between the retinal
images of the left and right eye.
C. As we view a landscape, the relative sizes of objects are revealed by texture
gradient cues.
D. Having learned that distant objects tend to be closer together, we interpret a
two-dimensional image on the retina in three
dimensions.
5. I study a sample of 100 high school students and find that student IQ scores
increase significantly as the
level of reported parental income increases. I can conclude from this that
A. there's a positive correlation between parental income and children's IQ
scores.
B. there's a negative relationship between parental income and children's IQ
scores.
C. higher parental income causes an increase in children's IQ scores.
D. students get smarter when their parents earn more money.
6. You could locate receptor sites involved in transmitting a nerve impulse by
finding the
A. endorphins.
B. neural regulators.
C. synapse.
D. myelin.

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1. The left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is more specialized in language functions and processing information sequentially. The right hemisphere tends to specialize in spatial perception and distinguishing patterns. These are examples of cortex A. evolution. B. neuroplasticity. C. adaptation. D. lateralization. 2. Dr. Jones is interested in how human behavior may be genetically inherited from remote ancestors, such as chimpanzees. Her field of interest is A. behavioral genetics. B. clinical neuropsychology. C. chemical psychobiology. D. evolutionary psychology. 3. Dr. Lombard's research is focused on the capacity of the human mind to store and retrieve information. Her colleague, Dr. Fry, is a clinician who strives to help his clients be "the best that they can be." As a fly on the wall listening to the two psychologists' friendly disputes during coffee breaks, which of these assertions would you most likely expect from Dr. Fry? A. If biology is destiny the concept of free will can be only an illusion. B. A person's basic assumptions about themselves are inevitably false. C. People can't be held responsible for their life choices. D. Mental confusion is best compared to a deficiency in short-term memory. 4. Which of these statements most accurately characterizes linear perspective? A. Through experience, we determine that changes in images focused on the retina occur as a result of the motion of our bodies. B. We learn to compensate for the monocular disparity betwee ...
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