In his meteorology class, Tenzin learns that weather prediction often involves taking measurements of air temperature and pressure, using a formula, and making a calculation. This best illustrates _______.
A. an algorithm
B. a heuristic
C. a natural law
D. a physical law
Answer: B
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If differences in heredity were unimportant for differences in IQ scores, what should we expect?
a. IQ correlations should be equally high for monozygotic and dizygotic twins. b. IQ correlations should be higher for dizygotic than monozygotic twins. c. IQ correlations should be higher for monozygotic than dizygotic twins. d. IQ correlations should be higher for twins reared apart than reared together.
For Mach, sensations are ____
a. ?temporal b. ?dependent on the elements of which they are composed c. ?spatial d. ?independent of the elements of which they are composed e. ?illusory
In Piaget's conservation-of-liquid problem, preoperational children are easily distracted by the ________ of objects and ignore the ___________ between events.
A) size; time period B) transformation; reversibility of direction C) perceptual appearance; dynamic transformation D) color; interaction
Key to reducing instances of developmental disorder due to head and brain injury is
a. restriction of play. b. prevention of accidents and falls. c. regimen of vitamin supplements. d. none of these would reduce developmental disorder due to head in brain injury.