Jill is an impressionable 17-year-old college freshman with average academic skills. She lives in the college dorms with two roommates. One of them, Martha, is bright, attractive, popular, rich, and a local celebrity because of her singing; she seldom studies. Jill's other roommate, Ann, is also bright, but has only a few friends, wears inexpensive clothes, and plays the tuba poorly; she studies
all the time. On the basis of what you know about observational learning, you predict that Jill will ______.
a. major in music
b. major in psychology
c. flunk out
d. transfer to a different college
C
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a. set more rules for both boys and girls. b. not intervene with the boys but would set more rules with girls. c. not intervene with the girls but would set more rules with boys. d. not intervene with either boys or girls as risky behavior was "in their blood.".
Jessica is observed to be gloomy and pensive most of the time. According to Hippocrates' view of personality, Jessica is most likely to be associated with a _____ temperament
A) sanguine B) phlegmatic C) choleric D) melancholic
When Alfred Binet administered his intelligence test in France he found that ____
a. ?older children tended to answer more questions correctly than younger children b. children’s mental ages would usually be below their chronological ages? c. children with mental ages below their chronological ages were usually not capable of learning, even with special assistance? d. chronological age was the best indicator of school performance?
Until the past century, which life stage had the highest mortality rates?
a. the prenatal period b. infancy c. toddlerhood d. early childhood