What happened when Phineas Gage sustained an injury to his frontal lobes when he was shot through the head with an iron bar in a railroad accident? 

The Chicago Tribune wrongly predicted that Dewey would beat Truman in the 1948 presidential election because they polled people who owned telephones. The newspaper did not use a(n)

Beth is looking down a path of railroad tracks and the two rails seem to meet in the distance. This depth cue is known as:

After three-month-old Sayuri watches her father stick out his tongue, she sticks out her own tongue too. It is likely that ____________ neurons are involved in Sayuri’s learning and imitation of this behavior.

Neuroscientists found that taxicab drivers, who are required to learn and navigate large areas of cities, had a _______________ that was larger than that of other drivers.

Which of the following is a requirement to be considered for intellectual disability?

Christopher looks at the marquee at the movie theatre and notices that a series of lights illuminate one after the other and appears as a “moving” arrow pointing to the theatre. This visual effect is called:

Jordan tells his professor that the test on the Chapter 1 Exam given by the professor did not have construct validity. What did Jordan mean?

Greg is attending a lecture on the principles of management at the local community hall. In the middle of the session, he begins to feel very hungry and wants to leave. However, he realizes that leaving would disrupt the class and perhaps insult the speaker. He decides to wait until the lecture is over and then get a snack. According to Freudian psychoanalytic theory on the human mind, Greg’s mind has a highly developed

Brianna suffers from episodes of an immoderate fear of danger. When this happens, she suffers from heart palpitations, shortness of breath, and nausea. She remains in this condition for around 10 minutes at a time but sometimes it continues for an hour or more. Brianna is most likely to be suffering from