The Especial Skills Effect

question 24

Multiple Choice

The especial skills effect:

• A) Is best accounted for by the practice variability hypothesis
• B) Is best accounted for by the practice specificity hypothesis
• C) Cannot be accounted for completely by the practice variability or specificity hypothesis
• D) Is only seen in children

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Definitions:

Osmotic Pressure

The pressure required to prevent the flow of a pure solvent across a semipermeable membrane into a solution, related to the concentration of solutes.

Nephron Loop

Part of the kidney nephron extending from the proximal to the distal convoluted tubule, crucial in concentrating urine and reabsorbing water and salts.