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a descriptive statistic that indicates the typical distance of a score from the mean is the: standard deviation When you run to catch a ball, your movements are planned and controlled from the: medulla Across cultures infants develop a sense of ______ at around eight months of age object permanence According to Masters and Johnson, the last stage of the human sexual response cycle is: resolution Delta waves and low levels of psychological activity are characteristics of: Stage 4 sleep The neurons that give us vision in low-light conditions are the: rods The insanity defense is used successfully in: 0.25% of all cases In an experiment to determine the usefulness of virtual reality (VR) therapy in curing phobic disorders, subjects are assigned to one of two groups: one that uses VR (the V group) or ones that does not use VR (the non-VR group). The group assignment (VR or non-VR) is the study's: independent variable Your memory for the first day of school is an example of the _______ type of declarative long-term memory. episodic Epinephrines are known as ______ when functioning as a hormone instead of a neurotransmitter adrenaline A behavioral geneticist would design research studies to determine: the degree to which genes and environment interact to shape behavior The drive-reduction theory of motivation depends on: maintaining homeostasis ______ is an example of a characteristic that was once listed as a disorder in the DSM Homosexuality The personality theory based on the interaction between an individual's behaviors, thoughts, and social inputs is: reciprocal determinism The process of spending time in the presence of a stimulus hat provokes anxiety or other strong reactions, in order to lessen that reaction, is called: exposure The sensory receptors for hearing are located in the ____ of the ear. cochlea Which of the following would be considered the least important process of operant conditioning? Imitation Which of the following is located in the occipital lobes? primary visual cortex Universally, hearing children begin to produce single syllable combinations called phonemes at about age 6-8 months. This is the _____ stage babbling Children learn language very quickly based on relatively limited time spent interacting with adults. This is take as support for the nativist view of language development and is called the: poverty of stimulus argument A three-year-old says "i goed shopping with Daddy." This is an example of ________ that is characteristic of early childhood speech. over-regularization Remembering the names of all the capitals of countries in Asia is example of using which type of long-term memory? semantic which of the following statements best describes the Gestalt theory of perception? the mind organizes sensation into simple, meaningful perceptions. Which drug binds to the same receptor sites as the endorphins? Heroin The set of characteristics that an individual develops due to the combined influence of genes and environment is called a: phenotype According to the research of Ainsworth, an infant who shows distress at the departure of a parent and is easily consoled upon the parent's return is: securely attached One good way to counteract groupthink in decision-making is to: appoint a "devil's advocate" to argue against the majority view If body weight rises as hours spent watching TV increase, the correlation between weight and TV watching is: positive Which brain structure plays a key role in sensory integration? Thalamus A test that measures exactly what it is designed to measure is referred to as: valid After a high school athlete who loves baseball receives a multimillion dollar contract to play in the major leagues, he loses his enthusiasm for the game and finds he no longer enjoys it. This is an example of: overjustification effect which is an advantage of experimentation? It allows the researcher to draw cause-and