Introduction to Psychology  CO4V

Which stage of the general adaptation syndrome might explain why college students tend to experience a higher rate of absenteeism from class around midterm and final exam time each semester? a. Resistance b. Alarm c. Exhaustion d. Surrender

. When you insert your house key into the lock on your front door, very specific grooves in that key trigger tumblers to open the lock. in the very same way, ________ detectors are specialized brain cells that only respond to particular elements in the visual field. a. itemized b. visual c. gestalt d. feature

While you are taking a walk through a park,you notice that there is a small pond that has a bunch of lily pads in it.As you stand watching, a frog coms along and hops qucikly from one end to the other by hitting a series of lily pads in a row . After this takes place,you start to think to yourself ,”That is just like a neuron ,when the action potential jumps from one _____________ to another .”    a) synaptic cleft  b) dendrite c) node of ranvier d)soma

What is the general result of studies of intelegence involving twins ,siblings and unrelated siblings raised in the same household ?

a) The role of nature and nurture -genetics and enviromental-were found to be exactly equal, meaning that even people born with the genes for high intelegence could end up with low IQs if their enviroment was not adequate support  of their .

b) Because indetical twins always had identical inteligences ,it was determined that the role of envirnment on iteligence is nonexistent  and that it is an entirely  genetic phenomen .

c)      Because children raised in nurturing ,enriching households always had higer IQs than children raised in neglectful  households ,it was determined  that enviroment is more importent thatn genetics in the determination  of intelegence .

d)  Ultimately ,genetics are more influential than enviroment on an individual’s inteligence