The fact that intelligence "runs in families" does NOT necessarily prove a genetic component to intelligence because:
A) research rarely conducts genotypes on the actual family members studied.
B) family members share a similar environment.
C) family members are not as genetically similar as believed in earlier times.
D) few studies have conducted intelligence research on identical twins.
B) family members share a similar environment.
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Which of the following is NOT one the five indexes or primary scores used by the WISC-V and WAIS-IV?
a. processing speed b. long term memory c. fluid reasoning d. verbal comprehension
Regarding the disuse explanation of forgetting, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. There is evidence that memories not retrieved and "used" or rehearsed become weaker over time. b. Disuse does not explain why we are able to recover seemingly forgotten memories through redintegration, relearning, and priming. c. The main cause of senility in old age is the increased failure of the elderly person to retrieve and "use" their old and new memories. d. Disuse offers no more than a partial explanation of long-term forgetting.
Which of the following would serve as the best buffer to cushion you against the impact of stressful events?
a. being realistic b. being intelligent c. having the support from family and friends d. being able to ignore and deny problems
A hypothesis test is conducted after an experiment to:
a. determine whether the two groups in the study are exactly the same. b. determine how well the two groups are correlated. c. see if the groups are significantly different, as opposed to being different due to chance. d. summarize the distribution using a single score.