Directions: Apply the Knowledge You Have Gained from Chapter 12

question 10

Multiple Choice

Directions: Apply the knowledge you have gained from Chapter 12 to select the best answer to the questions about the following reading passages.
​ Suppose you are a member of your college's student judicial board and are currently hearing a case involving plagiarism. The student handbook states that plagiarism is a serious offense that results in expulsion. The student accused of plagiarizing a paper admits copying from Wikipedia but says that she has never been told that she needed to use a formal citation and quotation marks. Should you vote to expel the student?
-adapted from Kail and Cavanaugh, Human Development: A Life-Span View , 5^th ed., p. 37
​ What kind of evidence is the student handbook?

• A)statistic
• B)expert testimony
• C)fact
• D)prediction

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Definitions:

Opponent-process Theory

A psychological and neurological model that explains a wide range of behaviors, including color vision and emotions, by proposing that opposing processes operate within the body to maintain balance.

Young-Helmholtz Theory

A theory of color vision that proposes the eye contains three types of color receptors sensitive to red, green, and blue.

Fovea

The central portion of the retina, where visual acuity (sharpness of vision) is highest.

Cones

Photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that function best in relatively bright light and enable the perception of color.