Which of the following is true of the 1905 study conducted by W. H. R. Rivers on responses to the Mueller-Lyer and horizontal-vertical illusions?
a) The English were more fooled by the horizontal-vertical illusion than were the Indians and New Guineans.
b) The only factor that led to the differences in response was education.
c) The English saw the lines in the Mueller-Lyer illusion as being more different in length than Indians and New Guineans.
d) The effects of illusion did not differ by culture.
c
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a. Some children inherit a tendency to turn extra calories into fat. b. Identical twins have similar body weights regardless of whether they were reared together or apart. c. Watching TV seems to have an effectchildren's weight. d. Obese children have higher levels of testosterone.
Which of the following best describes the range of applicability of psychosocial theory?
a. Changes in unconscious processes during childhood. b. Patterns of psychological and social change and growth over the life course. c. Habits created and sustained in adulthood. d. Logical thinking changes from infancy through adolescence.
People eat less when food and snacks are displayed prominently
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
What do we call the measure of performance that we expect to correlate with test scores?
a. The predictor b. The criterion c. A standardized test d. An intercept