Which of the following situations does NOT indicate that an individual needs psychological help?
a. Fred is a compulsive gambler.
b. Mary is a mildly mentally disabled adult who has recently become aggressive toward her parents.
c. Shelia is a 55-year-old grandmother who rides motorcycles, skydives, and skateboards.
d. Gary goes on frequent buying sprees to improve his mood.
C
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If environment affects intelligence, you should predict that the IQs of children who stay in understaffed orphanages will
a. gradually decline as they grow older. b. show the normal increases with development. c. start out low but gradually increase as they reach puberty. d. be fairly normal until they reach puberty, when there will be a sharp decline.
The reason that suggests that people forget information because other information gets in the way and blocks its retrieval is called:
A. schema confusion B. network overload C. interference D. eidetic imagery
A study shows a group of students a series of movies over time that contain portrayals of Korean immigrants in US society. After, the students are given surveys that gauge their beliefs on attributes of Korean American immigrants. Which important social psychological question does this study explore?
A. What are the benefits and drawbacks of living in groups? B. How do media outlets shape our thoughts and behaviors? C. Is personality or environment more influential? D. Are people basically good or basically evil?
A psychologist and a dietician are cooperating on a workshop on the topic of obesity in the United States to be presented to health professionals. They review extensive amounts of information,
including information about how what we eat has changed even over the last few decades. Which of these are they likely to report to their audience? a) The number of calories consumed has actually declined since 1950. b) We tend to eat out more often and consume more fat and calories than in homemade meals. c) Although the total number of calories has remained about the same, fat calories increased. d) There are no differences in total calories, fat calories, or carbohydrates, but exercise has changed.