An Example of an Environmental Effect on Testosterone Secretion Would

question 47

Multiple Choice

An example of an environmental effect on testosterone secretion would be when

• A) castration reduces sexual aggression.
• B) female prisoners with low testosterone levels are more aggressive.
• C) increasing blood levels of testosterone produce more aggression.
• D) increasing blood levels of testosterone suppress aggression.
• E) losing a tennis match results in lowered blood levels of testosterone.

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Definitions:

Transitivity

Principle that says if a relation holds between a first object and a second object, and holds between the second object and a third object, then it holds between the first object and the third object. Piaget argued that an understanding of transitivity is characteristic of concrete operational thought.

Logical

Pertaining to the use of reason and systematic thinking to analyze and form judgments.

Seriation

The concrete operation that involves ordering stimuli along a quantitative dimension (such as length).

Horizontal Décalage

The observation that within Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, some abilities do not appear simultaneously but develop sequentially over time.