There is a significant positive correlation between IQ scores and academic performance (grades). Given this statistic, we can reasonably conclude that _______
a. low IQ scores and low grades are not at all related
b. high IQ scores are a predictor of good grades
c. high IQ scores are the only established cause of high grades
d. low IQ scores are a result of neglectful parenting.
b
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According to Erikson, adolescents' reliance on peers to help them define their identities and learn to form relationships is the link between the __________.
A. industry versus inferiority stage and ego-integrity versus despair stage B. identity versus identity confusion and intimacy versus isolation stages C. identity versus identity confusion and industry versus inferiority stages D. identity versus identity confusion and generativity versus stagnation stages
Cory is a new teacher and has had very little experience writing multiple choice questions. So, on a question asking for the "father of psychology," he listed Wilhelm Wundt and three women psychologists as the possible responses. This type of question would most likely produce
a. the serial position effect. b. a false positive. c. proactive interference. d. excellent recall memory.
Contributions to psychology by women researchers include research on all of the following topics EXCEPT
a. parent-child attachment. c. primacy and recency effects. b. inaccuracies of memory. d. introspection in research.
Which of the following is NOT one of the major sex hormones?
a. progesterone b. testosterone c. estrogen d. acetylcholine