What is the term for the reflex that disappears around 8-12 months, and occurs when an infant fans out its toes in response to a stroke on the outside of its foot?

a) Babinski
b) Moro
c) startle
d) stepping

a

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According to signal detection theory, a person who has a liberal bias in responding is more likely to have a higher rate of ______________ than someone with a conservative bias, if the accuracy rate on old items is the same.

A) d' Au: Okay? B) hits C) memory strength D) false alarms

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In a study on a group of adolescents diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, researchers collected information regarding those patients' perception of benefits of their illnesses. They found that

a. adolescents who found the most benefits were more able to cope with stressful events and keep up with their treatments. b. adolescents who found the least benefits were more able to cope with stressful events and keep up with their treatments. c. there were essentially no "benefits" that adolescents were able to find with being diagnosed with diabetes. d. the ability to find benefits with one's diagnosis had no measurable impact on the adolescents' ability to cope with stressful events and to keep up with their treatments.

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