What would happen if psychologists did not periodically revise IQ tests?
a. Females would start scoring higher than males.
b. Males would start scoring higher than females.
c. The mean score on the tests would gradually increase.
d. The mean score on the tests would gradually decrease.
c
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a. 2; imprinting and bonding b. 3; easy, difficult, and slow-to-warm-up c. 3; authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive d. 3; secure, insecure-avoidant, and insecure-resistantdifferent styles of attachment, and they are called e. 4; secure, insecure-avoidant, insecure-resistant, and slow-to-warm-up
If a researcher reported for a one-tailed single-sample t test that t(10) = 1.96, then a. p < 0.02
b. p < 0.05. c. p < 0.01. d. p < 0.001.
Consistent with Vygotsky's idea that cognition develops first in the social realm external to the child, before becoming interiorized, recent research indicates that children's use of which of the following as a strategy helps them solve math problems?
a. counting on fingers c. memorizing related facts b. using gestures d. using manipulatives
What is instinctual behavior indicative of?
a. unlearned responses c. species-specific responses b. genetically transmitted behaviors d. all of these