An instructor investigates whether the end of the chapter questions aid test performance by randomly assigning participants to one of two groups. One group completes half the questions, and another completes all the questions. Performance on a test is measured. The instructor should ask the question:
a. Does completing all the questions produce high test performance?
b. Do students prefer to complete half the questions or all the questions?
c. Are there consistent changes in the amount of questions answered as a function of test performance?
d. Are there consistent changes in test performance as a function of number of questions answered?
D
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a. mental sets. b. "thin-slicing.". c. divergent thinking. d. convergent thinking.
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a) The corpus callosum is still developing during adolescence, impeding communication between the two hemispheres of the brain. b) The left hemisphere matures more slowly than the right, delaying the development of logical thinking abilities. c) The prefrontal cortex matures slowly, retarding adolescents' ability to control their impulses. d) The limbic system does not develop fully until early adulthood; adolescents therefore have a poor understanding of their own emotions.
You are telling a joke to your friend who is laughing uproariously and then suddenly collapses to the floor. You are not surprised to later learn that he has a sleep disorder known as ¬¬¬__________
a) enuresis. b) narcolepsy. c) sleep terror. d) daytime insomnia.
Erikson's stage of autonomy versus shame and doubt corresponds approximately withFreud's ______ stage
a. oral c. phallic b. anal d. latency