Which behavior would be most characteristic of a child who has been diagnosed with autism?
a. preoccupation with talking to strangers
b. preoccupation with repetitive movements
c. preoccupation with looking at faces
d. preoccupation with pointing at objects until others look at them
Answer: B
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How could you measure the reliability of a test that claims to measure intelligence?
a. Measure the mean and standard deviation of all test scores. b. Determine whether most people's scores are similar on a test and a retest. c. Determine whether people with high test scores also do well in school. d. Compare the items on the test to some popular theory of intelligence.
Which of the following is an inferential statistics test that can be used to test hypotheses about continuous variables?
A. parametric tests B. frequency tests C. nonparametric tests D. bivariate tests
Concerning the differences in boys and girls regarding aggression, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Boys have more chances to observe adults and other children acting aggressively. b. Girls are less likely than boys to imitate directly aggressive behaviors, such as shouting or hitting. c. Girls are more likely to rely on indirectly aggressive behaviors, such as excluding others from friendship and spreading rumors. d. Over the last few years, girls have become more willing to engage in direct aggression as popular culture presents more images of directly aggressive women.
A main conclusion which was drawn in the article Going to Pot, about adolescent drug use, is that
(a) parenting style causes drug use (b) kids develop drug-use personality types when they fall in with the wrong peers and start to use drugs (c) personality and drug use are mostly caused by genetic factors (d) personality is quite stable and pre-dates drug use