What is one criticism of the conclusions offered by Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray in The Bell Curve?
a. They confused polygenic and monogenic inheritance.
b. Few people have taken intelligence tests, so their conclusions have limited generalizability.
c. They failed to distinguish between correlation and causation.
d. Their data were obtained improperly.
c
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a. classical conditioning c. operant conditioning b. target learning d. latent learning
Single-cell recordings during movement indicate that a. movements are encoded by single neurons
b. movements are encoded by populations of neurons. c. it is not possible to identify correlations between neural activity and movements. d. neural activity during movement appears surprisingly random.
Which approach to education do Reggio Emilia, Montessori, and Waldorf schools provide?
a. Developmental b. Academic c. Unstructured d. Center based
Regarding children's development, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Children can help shape their own development through their actions. b. It is impossible to overcome early environmental influences. c. Our inherited traits are what dictate who we become. d. Our own behavior plays no role in the influences of nature and nurture.