Historically, liberal education tends to emphasize

A. both breadth and depth of study.
B. preparation for the world of work.
C. general learning without specialization.
D. All these answers are correct.


A. both breadth and depth of study.

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a. unconditioned stimuli; conditioned response b. unconditioned responses; conditioned stimulus c. conditioned stimuli; unconditioned response d. conditioned responses; unconditioned stimulus

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If you conclude that your findings yield a 1 in 20 chance that differences were not due to the hypothesized reason, what is the corresponding p value?

a. .01 b. .05 c. .10 d. .20

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Interest inventories are valid only when they are completed by the student in a written format without any verbal prompting or cues from the teacher or peers

a. True b. False

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The authors indicate that economic class and functional illiteracy are related. An important causal factor for this relationship suggested in the text is that

A. students from lower socioeconomic groups lack parental support for education. B. students from middle- and upper-class families value education more than do students from lower-class families. C. different socioeconomic groups have different degrees of access to educational resources. D. All these answers are correct.

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