The assumptions of any theory may or may not be correct. In other words, assumptions
A. are based on research results from over 50 years ago, so they may not be relevant today.
B. may be influenced by the cultural context of the theorist.
C. predict statistical significance of the current research design only.
D. may be the same as another theory.
Answer: B
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Which of the following best describes the capacity of short-term memory?
A. There is a limit to how much information can be held at a single time. B. As long as attention is sustained, more and more items can be held at a single time. C. As long as someone is motivated, more and more items can be held at a single time. D. The amount of information that can be held at a single time is the same for everyone.
Stimulus discrimination is the process of pairing a conditioned stimulus with a stimulus that elicits a response that is incompatible with an unwanted conditioned response
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Karen Horney's conceptualizations of personality
A. drew criticism from feminists and were discarded as baseless assumptions. B. accepted Freud's suggestion that women have penis envy. C. suggested that personality develops in the context of social relationships. D. rejected the importance of the relationship between parents and children.
Social competence was measured in girls with Turner's syndrome, a defect in which the individual is missing an X chromosome. Those who received the single X from their fathers did better and were better adjusted than those who received the single X from their mothers. The dad's gene seemed to override the mother's chemically altered gene. This is an example of
A. incomplete dominance. B. a sex-linked characteristic. C. genetic imprinting. D. a recessive trait.