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The action potential involves the movement of: sodium (Na+) and potassium (K+) ions electrons sodium chloride (NaCl) ions sodium (Na+) ions potassium (K+) ions

Lawrence Kohlberg’s pre-conventional morality is based on: universal moral principles social contracts and rules rewards and punishments internalized faith values

There are TWO questions to answer here.  1. What conclusions can you make from this graph? Being taller causes a person to weigh more. As a person’s height increases, their weight tends to increase. Height and weight are unrelated variables. Weighing more causes a person to be taller. 2. What does this graph show? A positive correlation A negative correlation No correlation An absolute correlation

In operant conditioning, “negative reinforcement” means: punishing undesirable behavior removing something unpleasant to increase behavior adding something pleasant to increase behavior taking away something pleasant to decrease behavior

The scientific method is not truly complete until: you report your results by publishing your findings or presenting your findings at a conference. you write a lab report summarizing what you learned. you apply the conclusions from your research to your everyday life. you tell your parents about your research findings.

Which parenting style is high in both demand and responsiveness?  Indulgent Authoritative Authoritarian Indifferent

Which type of research design is the only one that allows you to determine causation, that one variable causes another? Correlational research Longitudinal studies Qualitative studies Experimental research

Jairus is a psychologist who focuses on the role of thoughts and mental processes in his clients’ behavior.  What type of psychology does Jairus use? Cognitive psychology Biological psychology or biopsychology Humanistic psychology Personality psychology

Select all of the following from the list below that are true about reviewing the literature. 3 points Reviewing the literature is the first step in the scientific method. Reviewing the literature involves finding, reading, and summarizing published research relevant to your topic of interest. Reviewing the literature helps you determine whether your research question has already been answered and whether it is worth asking. Reviewing the literature helps you publish your research findings. Reviewing the literature can give you ideas about how to answer your research question. Reviewing the literature is an optional step in the scientific method.

According to Piaget, children in the preoperational stage: understand logic and abstract reasoning think with their senses struggle with conservation and logical thinking fully understand object permanence