A famous lecturer argues that because the Hopi Indians have only two nouns for things that fly, one for birds and another for nonbirds, the Hopi MUST interpret all flying things in terms of these two nouns. This argument is based upon ______
a. idealized prototype construct c. deep structure elaboration
b. bottom-up processing d. the linguistic relativity hypothesis
D
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The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
a. is extremely weak from a psychometric standpoint. b. is of little use to the military despite the large numbers of tests given. c. is not valid for Blacks and Hispanics. d. consists of ten subtests.
The classification of psychology as a hub science MOST supports the idea that psychology:
A) is a basic laboratory science. B) is primarily a clinical field. C) has relevance to many related disciplines. D) has grown beyond an academic discipline.
Ellis (1989) identified three theories of rape. Which of the following is not one of these theories?
A. feminist theory B. domination theory C. social-learning approach D. evolutionary theory
In comparison to adolescents who do not communicate well with their parents, those who do:
a. are likely to have fewer sexual partners. b. are more likely to use contraceptives. c. are more likely to delay the onset of sexual activity. d. all of these