Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

According to prototype theory, you should be faster to verify the sentence, “A dog is an animal,” than the sentence, “A platypus is an animal.”


Ans: True

Psychology

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What was one reason the Educational Testing Service gave for the decline in SAT scores of graduating high school seniors during the 1960s and 1970s?

A. increasing numbers of minority students taking the SAT B. weaker academic records and increased diversity of student backgrounds C. changing attitudes of parents leading to lack of confidence in education D. student perceptions that scoring well on standardized tests was not “cool”

Psychology

According to the frequency theory, the auditory system converts the frequency of sound waves into the subjective experience of:

a. loudness c. pitch b. amplitude d. volley

Psychology

If a parent or teacher wished to try scaffolding with a child, what steps should he or she take to provide the most effective scaffolding?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

When disorders of social behaviors and autistic-like cognitive abnormalities are considered along with autism, the concordance rate for identical twins is:

a. 75% b. 60% c. over 90% d. 10%

Psychology