During the sensitive period, an organism is least affected by environmental stimulation
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Answer: False
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In a discussion with your professor, she tells you that she believes that the focus of psychological study should be to break the conscious experience into its basic elements. Which of the following historical schools of thought is your professor's idea MOST consistent with?
a. Behaviorism b. Functionalism c. Structuralism d. Psychoanalysis
In the token economy experiment, psychotic patients:
a. became less dependent and more responsible. b. were released from the hospital within a month. c. developed insight into their unconscious motivations. d. displayed dramatic changes in their superego.
The timing of a mother's return to work
a. is highly associated with a child's development. b. is not associated with a child's development. c. is a key factor in determining a child's success in daycare. d. affects a child's development if she returns before five months of age.
Researchers who have analyzed the IQ scores of adopted twins have found that identical twins are more like one another in IQ than fraternal twins are
They also have found that the IQs of adopted children are more strongly correlated with the IQs of their biological parents than with the IQs of their adoptive parents. These research results suggest A) that environment has no impact upon IQ. B) that intelligence has a genetic component. C) that a child's intellectual capacity is fixed at birth. D) that a child's biological heritage predicts her lifetime patterns of achievement and accomplishment.