Greg and Stanley are both five years old. Greg has a greater attention span than Stanley, and he is able to persist in tasks much better than Stanley. According to some research on attention,
a. Greg is likely to have higher intelligence scores than Stanley, but not outperform Stanley in school achievement.
b. Greg is likely to have higher intelligence scores than Stanley as well as display greater achievement in school.
c. Stanley is likely to show catch-up growth and will have intelligence scores similar to Greg's once they enter school.
d. Stanley will probably have lower intelligence test scores than Greg, but he will achieve about the same level of academic achievement and have better social skills.
B
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a. more individuals to be diagnosed with less severe symptoms b. pharmaceutical companies to lose money c. individuals with mental disorders to be prelabeled d. emphasis to move away from severity of symptoms
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a. hypothalamus; pituitary gland c. testes; hypothalamus b. pituitary gland; hypothalamus d. testes; pituitary gland
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a. ?shaping b. ?discrimination c. ?generalization d. ?latent learning
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A) ?the US has already taken up most of the available associative strength. B) ?familiar stimuli are more difficult to condition. C) ?the CS gathers more associative strength than the US. D) ?one CS has already taken up the maximum associative value.