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absolute poverty correct answers the inability to meet a bare minimum of basic necessities, including clean drinking water, food, safe housing, and reliable access to healthcare acculturation correct answers a process that occurs when one group adopts the behavior and cultural patterns of another...

Piaget's stages of cognitive development correct answers 1) Sensorimotor 2)Preoperational 3) Concrete Operational 4) Formal Operations Sensorimotor Stage of Piaget's stages of cognitive development correct answers Age Range: 0-2 years Description: Coordination of senses with motor response...

Name the three main parts of a neuron and the direction in which an action potential travels correct answers Axons, soma (cell body), and dendrites. Action potentials are received by dendrites and travel from the cell body down the axon What determines the intensity of an electrical signal for an...

Bystander effect correct answers individuals do not intervene to help victims when others are present Social Loafing correct answers tendency of individuals to put in less effort when in a group setting than individually In studies of bystander intervention, which variable is typically found t...

absolute poverty correct answers inability to meet a bare minimum of basic necessities, including clean drinking water, food, safe housing, and reliable access to healthcare acetylcholine (ACh) correct answers the neurotransmitter used at the neuromuscular junction, throughout the PNS and by the ...

primacy effect correct answers Recall is strongest for items at the beginning of a list. state dependency effect correct answers The tendency to recall better when the person is in the same internal state as when the memory was created example: study while high take the test while high misinfo...

Kohlberg correct answers Preconventional morality -Obedience: avoiding punishment -Self-interest: gaining rewards (instrumental relativist stage) Conventional morality -Conformity: emphasis on "good boy, nice girl" seeking approval of others -Law and order: maintain social order in highest ...

perceptual organization correct answers depth, form, motion, constantly binocular cues correct answers depth retinal disparity correct answers eyes are 2.5 inches apart convergence correct answers depth based on how much eyes are turned, far away eyes are relaxed, close up eyes contract ...

Absolute threshold correct answers The minimum stimulus intensity required to activate a sensory receptor 50% of the time. Difference threshold (JND) correct answers The minimum noticeable difference between two sensory stimuli 50% of the time. Weber's law correct answers States that two s...

Structural Functionalism correct answers theory that attempts to explain why society functions the way it does by focusing on the relationships between the various social institutions that make up society (e.g., government, law, education, religion, etc) Symbolic Interactionism correct answers th...