Regarding death rates of children in the United States,
A) there is a significant drop after age 1.
B) the rates drop significantly after age 14.
C) the highest rates are for 1- to 4-year-olds.
D) there is a significant increase in the death rate for 2- to 10-year-olds.
A) there is a significant drop after age 1.
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William James proposed the concept ____ to describe the continually changing aspect of consciousness
a. circadian consciousness b. flow of consciousness c. stream of unconsciousness d. stream of consciousness
Which descriptive statistic is a measure of variability?
A) the mode B) the mean C) the median D) the range
To test whether elephants have a conscious self, researchers marked an “X” on the top of an elephant's trunk with white paint and placed a large mirror in front of the animal. Which action demonstrates that the elephant experiences self-consciousness?
A) The elephant touches the mirror with its trunk. B) The elephant touches the white “X” on its reflection in the mirror. C) The elephant touches the white “X” on itself. D) The elephant trumpets when it sees the white “X” in the mirror.
Darley and his colleagues investigated how people's general thoughts about punishment differed from that found in the Model Penal Code. They found that generally A. people did not feel that the intent to do a crime was the same as actually doing the crime
B. when a person had taken only preliminary action toward committing a crime, few respondents thought the prospective perpetrator was guilty. C. when a person had taken action described as reaching "the point of dangerous proximity to the crime," respondents thought that punishmentshould be less severe than that given to those who had completed thecrime. D. all of the above