In recent years, the number of deaths due to AIDS has begun to drop. What is the major reason for this drop in deaths?
a) development of drug combinations that retard HIV activity
b) development of genetically-altered forms of HIV that can reduce its rate of reproduction in the body
c) use of experimental treatments in which the blood is heated to kill HIV before it is returned to the body
d) use of a combination of surgical interventions and dietary changes that lower the rate of HIV development
A
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a. evolutionary theory; Newtonian physics b. Newtonian physics; evolutionary theory c. Newtonian physics; field theory d. field theory; Newtonian physics
Some psychological disorder has a heritability of 0.5. It is also more common in people who experience abuse or malnutrition as children. What do these two findings imply about the medical and psychological models of psychological disorder?
A. That neither model is entirely correct B. That the medical model is correct, and the psychological model is incorrect C. That in certain cases the psychological model is correct, but in other cases the medical model is correct D. That the medical model is only valid in cases where heritability is high
The relearning task in the Ebbinghaus tradition is when __________
a. people need to change how they learn information b. previously learned information needs to be purged or forgotten to make room for new information c. there is a reduction in the amount of time needed to learn something d. people are asked to relearn a set of information after it has been forgotten
Which of the following tests tend to be a valid predictor of performance across a large number of different kinds of jobs?
What will be an ideal response?