Within the primary motor cortex, the amount of brain tissue devoted to a particular area of the body (such as the arm or the tongue) correlates strongly with what?

Marvin was convicted of a robbery several years ago and has recently been exonerated based on DNA evidence. According to the authors of your text, which of the following is the most likely reason that he was falsely convicted?

a. Marvin is African American. b. The eyewitness to the crime reported incorrect information. c. The jury was made up of mostly women. d. The defense attorney was not very persuasive.

Piaget described simple pleasurable behaviors that infants repeat over and over such as sucking their thumbs, shaking rattles, or repeating simple sounds as

A) circular reactions. B) epistemology. C) Gestalt psychology. D) complex patterns.