Psychology and Child Development

A signal detection study was done in order to determine if a person who claimed

A signal detection study was done in order to determine if a person who claimed to be able to detect the thoughts of others could in fact do so. If this person's claim turned out …

A significant number of inmates at all levels of corrections is made up of the m

A significant number of inmates at all levels of corrections is made up of the mentally ill/handicapped. What is the impact of these inmates on the operations of a corrections fac…

A single motor neuron innervates many muscle cells, through [ Select ] [\"dendri

A single motor neuron innervates many muscle cells, through                            [ Select ]                       ["dendritic processes", "axon collaterals", "the release of…

A single neuron receives three equally strong signals from surrounding neurons a

A single neuron receives three equally strong signals from surrounding neurons at the exact same time. Two signals are excitatory and one signal is inhibitory. What will the recei…

A single story affects people\'s sense of self by causing them to misunderstand

A single story affects people's sense of self by causing them to misunderstand and have one solid perception/views on others. To have a better understanding of a person/ situation…

A sixty-seven-year-old Caucasian male presents to the office complaining, “I hav

A sixty-seven-year-old Caucasian male presents to the office complaining, “I have a bump on my eyelid.” Since his retirement 7 years ago, he has moved to Florida where he is an av…

A social psychologist compares three kinds of propaganda messages on college stu

A social psychologist compares three kinds of propaganda messages on college students’ attitudes toward the war on terrorism. Ninety (N = 90) students are randomly assigned in equ…

A social psychologist wanted to know whether decision making processes of conser

A social psychologist wanted to know whether decision making processes of conservatives and liberals differ.    She used an existing and well validated survey called the Political…

A sociologist observes the work-seeking habits of individuals who have been diag

A sociologist observes the work-seeking habits of individuals who have been diagnosed with a mental illness. After weeks of observation, trends emerge and the researcher forms a t…

A sociology professor instructed his students to go and stand out in public and

A sociology professor instructed his students to go and stand out in public and do nothing (stand and not move or make any sort of expression) for an extended period of time. In m…

A solation of 0.9% saline which has the same concentration with that found in th

A solation of 0.9% saline which has the same concentration with that found in the cell is called 23. isotonic Hypertonic c. Hypotonie d· Thermophilic e Coca cola A group of closel…

A soldier in a firefight picked up a grenade and tried to toss it away, but it e

A soldier in a firefight picked up a grenade and tried to toss it away, but it exploded, destroying his right hand. The soldier didn’t initially feel any pain; instead, the soldie…

A spine nerve a)is a combination of a dorsal and a ventral nerve root b)contains

A spine nerve a)is a combination of a dorsal and a ventral nerve root b)contains axons that are also present in peripheral nerves c)forms two major branches, the dorsal and ventra…

A stage of adult development that you would like to explore. Emerging Adulthood

A stage of adult development that you would like to explore. Emerging Adulthood -18-26yrs: the 30's: the 40's: Midlife -45-55 yrs. or so: Early Elderhood - 60-75 yrs or 50: Late E…

A state health laboratory received stool specimens collected in in sodium acetat

A state health laboratory received stool specimens collected in in sodium acetate-acetic acid-formalin (SAF) for ova-and-parasite (O&P;) examination. The patient was an immigr…

A statistical finding is typically considered statistically significant if the p

A statistical finding is typically considered statistically significant if the p-value is below .05, meaning that there is a less than 95% chance that the result was due to chance…

A stimulus which follows a response and leads to a decrement in the performance

A stimulus which follows a response and leads to a decrement in the performance of that response is known as a _________________ . An organism is reinforced on average every 22 re…

A striking characteristic of the style of \"The Things They Carried\" is its tho

A striking characteristic of the style of "The Things They Carried" is its thorough catalogs of the concrete, tangible "things" the soldiers carry. Why do you suppose such detaile…

A student is trying to decide which foreign language to take and wants to know w

A student is trying to decide which foreign language to take and wants to know which one will be most pleasant for her friends and family to listen to her speak. Luckily, she is i…

A student was looking at a slide and was confused about the type of connective t

A student was looking at a slide and was confused about the type of connective tissue she was looking at. It definitely had predominantly elastic fibers in it. What were the possi…

A student who worked for Chipotle stated: “I love the Chipotle standard that wha

A student who worked for Chipotle stated: “I love the Chipotle standard that what's best for the people (employees) is best for the company and vice versa, so I always strive to d…

A study examined the relationship between years spent smoking and attitudes towa

A study examined the relationship between years spent smoking and attitudes toward quitting by asking participants to rate their optimism for the success of a treatment program. I…

A study has results that seem fine, but there is no clear association to social

A study has results that seem fine, but there is no clear association to social change. What is missing? A correlation test was conducted to determine whether a relationship exist…

A study published in the Journal of Personality and Individual Differences found

A study published in the Journal of Personality and Individual Differences found that adults with ADHD displayed more creative achievement than those who didn't have the disorder.…

A study was carried out in Santo Antonio de Jesus, a town in Bahia State, northe

A study was carried out in Santo Antonio de Jesus, a town in Bahia State, northeast Brazil, to determine the relationship between various biological, socio/economic, behavioral, a…

A study was conducted in the North and South Thames Regional Health Authorities

A study was conducted in the North and South Thames Regional Health Authorities (United Kingdom) to see if lower socioeconomic status ("deprivation") was associated with emergency…

A study was conducted to assess whether coffee drinking was associated with myoc

A study was conducted to assess whether coffee drinking was associated with myocardial infarction in men under 55 years of age. Men under 55 years of age who were diagnosed with m…

A study was conducted to investigate the role of framing on concern for healthy

A study was conducted to investigate the role of framing on concern for healthy eating. Each participant (N = 100) was randomly assigned to one of two conditions. In the first con…

A study was conducted to test whether use of antibiotics protects against the ri

A study was conducted to test whether use of antibiotics protects against the risk of a first-time heart attack (myocardial infarction). Patients diagnosed with a first-time myoca…

A study was done to investigate a newly created drug to increase memory performa

A study was done to investigate a newly created drug to increase memory performance. The study was done with rats. The dependent measure was number of errors made while learning a…

A substance abuse intervention program was designed to consist of 16 sessions. H

A substance abuse intervention program was designed to consist of 16 sessions. However, program staff believed that 12 sessions would suffice for the designated target audience. I…

A subthreshold excitatory postsynaptic potential that reaches the axon hillock w

A subthreshold excitatory postsynaptic potential that reaches the axon hillock will cause (choose one) A. a weak action potential to be produced B. a single action potential to be…

A successful counterexample must have the same argument form as the argument to

A successful counterexample must have the same argument form as the argument to which it is put forward as a counterexample. It is impossible for a valid argument form to allow a …

A summary on \"A Jury of Her Peers\", by Susan Glaspell with . First paragraph:

A summary on "A Jury of Her Peers", by Susan Glaspell with . First paragraph: Begin with a short paragraph that includes the following: the name of the film, the date it was relea…

A symptom of peripheral artery disease (ACSM book) Define narrating care What is

A symptom of peripheral artery disease (ACSM book) Define narrating care What is a sign? Give an example What is a symptom? Give an example Heart sounds...sound 1 is which two val…

A synapse with elevated acetylcholinesterase can produce---- of ----- when compa

A synapse with elevated acetylcholinesterase can produce---- of ----- when compared to a synapse with normal levels of acetylcholinesterase a)Decrease membrane, potential b)increa…

A teacher has collected data that shows a student is biting his hand until it bl

A teacher has collected data that shows a student is biting his hand until it bleeds every time he is given a work task to complete. She (after following all appropriate legal and…

A teacher is walking across campus carrying a stack of papers between classes. B

A teacher is walking across campus carrying a stack of papers between classes. Bending over to pick up her pen, she accidentally drops a large stack of papers she was carrying. At…

A tendency of patients with frontal love lesions to engage in inappropriate beha

A tendency of patients with frontal love lesions to engage in inappropriate behavior may be distributed to difficulties in guiding behavior using: A) the social context B) working…

A terrible feature about remembering is the inability to forget. For many in the

A terrible feature about remembering is the inability to forget. For many in the military and armed forces, this inability to forget traps them with a particular feeling associate…

A test for Hepatitis C is performed for 200 patients with biopsy proven disease

A test for Hepatitis C is performed for 200 patients with biopsy proven disease and 200 patients known to be free of the disease. the test shows positive results in 180 of the pat…

A the preconventional level of moral development, children judge what is right a

A the preconventional level of moral development, children judge what is right and wrong on the basis of: A. One’s duty to others, as set down in the law B. Weighing human needs a…

A theorist, William Glasser (2016), states that people have five psychological n

A theorist, William Glasser (2016), states that people have five psychological needs that are driven by their genes to motivate their behavior: love and belonging, power (the need…

A tight junction blocks the movement of interstitial fluid between cells. a.) Tr

A tight junction blocks the movement of interstitial fluid between cells. a.) True b.) False 13.) A holocrine gland will secrete substances by exocytosis of vesicles across the me…

A toy manufacturer wanted to know if babies would enjoy toys that were colorful

A toy manufacturer wanted to know if babies would enjoy toys that were colorful more than toys that were not. Eight-month old infants were placed in high chair, and several toys w…

A track sprinter has just completed a 200 m sprint. His legs are \"burning\"as l

A track sprinter has just completed a 200 m sprint. His legs are "burning"as lactic acid builds up within his muscle cells. This lactic acid is produced as his muscle cells increa…

A traditional view of security promotes the idea that countries need a strong mi

A traditional view of security promotes the idea that countries need a strong military to survive and achieve security. With a changing and more diverse set of challenges to secur…

A training officer requires a third-party trainer to teach the staff about the l

A training officer requires a third-party trainer to teach the staff about the latest technology for an upcoming project. What should the training officer do to identify the right…

A twenty- four year old female presents for evaluation. She is a Pharmacology Ph

A twenty- four year old female presents for evaluation. She is a Pharmacology PhD candidate and she teaches at the nearby college. She is anxious by nature, and appears to be alwa…

A type of lipid that is found in all cell membranes. A word used to describe a n

A type of lipid that is found in all cell membranes. A word used to describe a nutrient that must be obtained from the diet because the body cannot manufacture it. 5. 9 letrs eer8…