Regarding the relationship of mental ability to race, it has been proven that
A) lower IQs in blacks and whites are due to environment.
B) the mean score of blacks is usually lower than that of whites on intelligence tests that
have not been culturally adjusted.
C) lower IQs in blacks and whites are due to heredity.
D) blacks are genetically inferior to whites in measured ability.
B
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Which of the following is a FALSE statement regarding the students from conservative homes who attended liberal Bennington College and exhibited a significant shift toward more liberal attitudes?
a. Bennington College would be considered one of their membership groups. b. Their family and friends would be considered membership groups. c. Bennington College would be considered their reference group. d. Their family and hometown friends would be considered their reference group.
A pathologist has just finished an autopsy and includes in her report a reference to "Lewy bodies." This means that in her autopsy, she has discovered
a. senile plaques filled with protein. b. ballooning of nerve cells and enlarged areas between adjacent neurons. c. rounded clumps of protein surrounded by masses of destroyed neural tissue. d. rounded deposits in nerve cells often found in the brains of patients with Parkinson's disease.
When a person intends to perform a behavior, attitude-behavior consistency ____
a. increases b. decreases c. increases for females, but decreases for males d. increases for males, but decreases for females
According to the meta-analysis of Kern and Friedman (2008), what is the average correlation found between the Big Five factor of conscientiousness and longevity?
A. 0.11 B. 0.21 C. 0.31 D. 0.41