You are pushing a stroller that has two babies in it. One boy, dressed in blue, and one girl, dressed in pink. Someone stops you tells you how beautiful your baby boy and girl are. Then they ask if they are "identical twins
" You tell them they are not, but what are you thinking?
a. It is impossible to have identical twins of different sexes.
b. They could be identical; that was a great question.
c. Fraternal twins are usually both girls.
d. Fraternal twins are usually both boys.
A. Identical twins have exactly the same genotype, including sex.
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Children and adolescents in many cultures begin reasoning about moral dilemmas at stage ____. a. five or six
b. four or five. c. infancy. d. two or three.
Ainsworth's caregiving hypothesis states that
a. the type of caregiving changes the baby's temperament. b. older siblings share caregiving with parents. c. the infant's attachment style depends on the quality of care received from the caregiver. d. the infant and mother do reciprocal caregiving.
People who score high on the personality dimension of __________ are particularly
sensitive to punishment. a. neuroticism b. agreeableness c. conscientiousness d. extroversion e. psychoticism
Suppose you are a participant in a psychology experiment in which the researcher randomly assigns some participants to steal money. Later, the researcher uses a polygraph to determine which participants "stole" the money and which are innocent
At the end of the experiment, the researcher says he "knows you stole the money." Because you are knowledgeable about the use of polygraphs, how do you respond? a) "You know my brain was producing delta waves." b) "The reason this works is the fear of receiving electric shocks." c) "The polygraph can reveal more about me than I know myself." d) "You know I was aroused for some reason, but you do not know why."