Which of the following pairs of variables are probably positively correlated?
a. weight and IQ of a person
b. amount of time spent rehearsing material and amount learned
c. the amount of traffic in a city and the city's air quality
d. price of gasoline and number of miles driven per week
B
Things that are positively correlated increase and decrease together.
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Based on Elizabeth Loftus’s research on eyewitness memory, even if eyewitnesses are paid money for accurate eyewitness accounts, ____
a. ?they would remain unmotivated to create accurate memories b. ?they would continue to be inaccurate for very dramatic events while becoming more accurate for less dramatic events c. ?their accuracy would not change d. ?females would continue to have more accurate memories than males
The climacteric ends with
a. menarche. c. senescence. b. death. d. menopause.
The personal fable is another example of adolescent egocentrism
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Mary is a graduate student studying to be a psychologist The schooling is quite rigorous, and the academic pressures are high. For some reason, the competition between classmates is intense. Mary's overall attitude, however, is that of a positive outlook. She believes that she will finish school soon and will do well in the process. She also expects that she will learn how to be a successful psychologist. Based on this scenario, Mary seems to demonstrate the quality of _____, which has been shown to somehow buffer the effects of stress and illness.
a) the Type D behavior pattern b) cheerfulness c) optimism d) the Type A behavior pattern