The ability to distinguish theory from evidence and use logical rules to examine their relationship
A) improves steadily from childhood into adolescence.
B) slowly declines as adolescents move into adulthood.
C) is unrelated to years of formal schooling.
D) develops in early childhood.
A
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Of the 56 doctoral degrees Titchener conferred, what percentage were given to women?
a. ?about 2% b. ?about 10% c. ?more than a third d. ?over half e. ?three of every four
According to correspondent inference theory, which of the following is most likely to lead to a dispositional attribution?
a) Behaviour that produces a range of possible consequences b) A socially desirable behaviour c) Behaviour as a result of coercion d) A behaviour that has non-common effects
The traditional tendency to stigmatize women as "hysterical" derived from Hippocrates' concept of
A. the "wandering womb." B. an "incompetent cervix." C. "penis envy." D. "pelvic dysfunction."
Jane was mugged walking home late from work one evening. The event scared Jane so much that she never stays late at work, always takes cabs when it is dark outside, and avoids the street on which she was mugged
This set of responses that occurred after the mugging would be best described by Dollard and Miller as A) Jane being a wimp and letting her fear rule her life. B) Jane submitting herself to a preconceived category of "weak" persons and acting the part. C) Jane's habit hierarchy created after the mugging in situations that mirror the original. D) Jane's way of coping with the archetype of the villain. E) Jane trying to repress a traumatic memory.