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The _________________________ effect refers to the fact that IQ scores have increased generation to generation in modernized countries.

A conflict in which a person must choose between two undesirable routes to a goal or goals is called a(n) ____________________________ conflict. 

Which of the following terms is used to describe any substance, such as a drug, chemical, or virus, that can bring about a birth defect?

Which theory maintains that emotion is caused by the interaction of physiological changes and the cognitive labeling of the reason for the physical reaction?

In arousal theory, people are said to have a(n) ____________________________ level of tension. 

Thirst, sexual desire, and hunger are examples of ____________________________ drives; while drives that are learned through experience are called ____________________________ drives. 

According to the curve of forgetting developed by Ebbinghaus, the greatest amount of forgetting occurs _________________________. 

What part of the brain seems to influence emotions such as fear and pleasure?

________________________ is an age-related decline in the ability of the lens to accommodate to different distance of visual stimuli.

Which of the following is TRUE of the original research that suggested a relationships between the MMR vaccine and the development of autism?