Why might children prefer to associate with peers of their own sex?
a. They probably share similar interests.
b. They do not, this is a fallacy.
c. They are taught to show such a preference.
d. The preference is biological.
A
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An important finding of the Kuhn and Pease (2008) earthquake forecaster training program was that skills in isolating and controlling variables, collecting appropriate data, and explaining and justifying their hypotheses based on the evidence were __________.
A. difficult to teach until children reached the seventh grade B. easily learned by children by the end of one year of training C. developed more fully in children trained from fourth through sixth grade than children who were new to the forecasting problems in the seventh grade D. not easily generalized to other types of problems such as using evidence to forecast avalanches
Menarche, the first menstruation, happens on the average about four years earlier today than it did a century and a half ago in industrialized nations, presumably due to _______________
a. changes in genetic bases of puberty b. improved nutrition and reduced disease stress c. chemicals found in the foods that we eat d. the increasing stress of modern life
Abnormal psychology can be investigated from several levels of analysis. The text mentions all of the following levels of analysis EXCEPT the ______ level.
a. cultural b. philosophical c. neurological d. physiological
The mental technique of thought suppression is:
A) the same thing as repression. B) an unconscious technique. C) best for negative emotional thoughts. D) the conscious avoidance of a thought.