Low-SES older adults are __________ likely than higher-SES older adults to benefit from medical care because __________.
A) less; they are more likely to rely on holistic medicine
B) less; they are less optimistic that treatment will work
C) more; their medical care is paid for by the government
D) more; they are more trusting of the medical profession in general
Ans: B) less; they are less optimistic that treatment will work
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_____ is a constellation of lay beliefs about the nature of the world. It is characterized by the doctrine of the mean, or the belief that the truth is always somewhere in the middle
a) Lay compromise b) Dialectical thinking c) Lay dialectivism d) Naïve dialectivism
Which of the following is the approach in which test results are interpreted by using a set of rules?
a. Clinical b. Statistical c. Actuarial d. Psychometric
A commanding officer gives a soldier an order that he knows the soldier would rather not obey. According to the findings of the Milgram obedience experiments, what should the officer do to increase the likelihood of obedience?
A. accompany the order with a threat B. leave the soldier alone, to obey the order without losing face C. stay in the presence of the soldier until the order has been obeyed D. give the order in a friendly way
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. "Cramming is a form of massed practice. " 2. "Distributed practice is more effective than is massed practice for learning language-related material but not for learning content devoid of meaning (e.g., nonsense syllables). " 3. In multidimensional scaling, emotions are mapped on the two dimensions of appraisal and valence. 4. The emotion of misery is associated with high arousal and negative valence. 5. The multidimensional map of emotions suggests that emotional responses are either good or bad.