When we have unwittingly caused our stereotypic expectations to be confirmed by an out-group member's behavior, we have actually created a(n)
a. self-fulfilling prophecy.
b. fundamental attribution error.
c. minimal group bias.
d. expectations relapse.
Ans: a. self-fulfilling prophecy.
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a. preoperational c. concrete operational b. sensorimotor d. formal operational
The average 6-year-old has a vocabulary of _________ , whereas a 10-year-old has an average vocabulary of _______ words
1,000; 5,000 || 5,000; 10,000 || 10,000; 40,000 || 15,000; 50,000 || || ||
Which of the following statements is true regarding neurogenesis?
a. Injured or damaged neurons in the central nervous system can never regenerate. b. No new neurons are produced in the central nervous system after infancy. c. Neurogenesis occurs in the spinal cord but not in the brain. d. Recent research suggests that stem cells in the brain may be able to generate new neurons throughout life.
The theory that abuse and neglect of children leads them to be predisposed to abusiveness as adults is called
a) midlife crisis. b) cycle of violence hypothesis. c) normative crisis generation. d) life events hypothesis.