What do longitudinal studies on intelligence in adulthood report?
A. Male intelligence declines at a more rapid pace than female intelligence.
B. There is no change in intelligence over time.
C. Intelligence declines with age.
D. Intelligence scores increase into middle adulthood.
Answer: D
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A. availability heuristic. B. confirmation bias. C. conjunction rule. D. permission schema.
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In group therapy, the term social microcosm refers to the idea that
A. group members often establish friendships and romantic relationships outside of the therapy setting. B. group members often have isolated lives and have allowed their social contacts to become infrequent, and these tendencies contribute to their psychological problems. C. the problems of most group members stem from antisocial tendencies, the exploration of which requires recollections of key early childhood events. A. group members often establish friendships and romantic relationships outside of the therapy setting. B. group members often have isolated lives and have allowed their social contacts to become infrequent, and these tendencies contribute to their psychological problems. C. the problems of most group members stem from antisocial tendencies, the exploration of which requires recollections of key early childhood events. D. the relationship tendencies that characterize clients’ problematic relationships in their personal lives will also characterize the relationships they form with fellow group members.
The ability to use an effective memory strategy
a. does not change with age. b. involves evaluating the effectiveness of a particular strategy for the task at hand. c. does not influence how much one remembers. d. is well-developed by the time children are seven years old.