Most psychoactive drugs produce their effects primarily by acting on:

An alternative explanation to the one Piaget offered for the A not B error that was discussed in class is that

a. the baby may incorrectly assume that if action A causes action B, it means that action B causes action A b. the experimenter failed to hide the object in position A enough times for the baby to remember that location c. the baby may be confused about which of the two objects the researcher is asking him or her to search for d. the baby may know where the object is but be too distracted by emotions or other things to search effectively

At a dinner party, you hear someone make the following statement: "Religion doesn't do any good for anyone. Religious people are no healthier, and die at the

same ages as do nonreligious people." According to the evidence given in the text, how should you reply? a. "You're right. The research evidence shows no relationship between religion and health." b. "The research allows an even stronger statement: highly religious people are actually less healthy than are irreligious people." c. "You're quite wrong. The research evidence shows that religious people are healthier and live longer." d. "You can't make that statement. There is no research evidence one way or the other about the relationship between religious involvement and health."