Recent research using U.S. tax records has shown that the life expectancy for the wealthiest 1% in the United States has risen _____ years, while increasing _____ year for the poorest 1% between 2001 and 2014.
A) 2 to 3; only 1
B) 2 to 3; less than half a
C) 4 to 5; less than half a
D) 4 to 5; only1
B) 2 to 3; less than half a
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Members of groups that are plagued by negative stereotypes tend to perform better academically when intelligence is described to them as
a. malleable and adaptable to environmental circumstances. b. an illusory concept with no clear definition. c. too complex to measure through academic tests. d. a fixed trait that is genetically determined.
Which of the following had NOT been used to explain the fact that social cognitive skills tend to hold up better than non-social cognitive skills in later life?
a. The fact that the brain cortex responsible for social cognition skills ages slower than brain areas supporting non-social cognitive skills b. The fact that social skills are practiced (exercised) everyday c. The fact that older adults tend to have more strongly held beliefs about people when making social-cognitive decisions d. The fact that older adults reject the use of "rules of thumb" in social cognitive decision-making
The adult thinking process in which every idea implies an opposite idea, and both the idea and its opposite can be integrated into a synthesis is referred to as
formal operational thought. adaptive logic. dialectical thought. moral reasoning.
As children approach adolescence, the basis for dominance over peers
a. becomes ambiguous. b. shifts from the use of physical aggression to interpersonal skills. c. shifts from the use of interpersonal skills to physical aggression. d. shifts from the use of interpersonal skills to intellectual skills.