Non-human animal research has shown that early prenatal exposure to __________
produces long-term effects on the brain and behavior. These effects have important
implications for understanding gender differences.
a. male hormones
b. particular neurotransmitters
c. female hormones
d. environmental stressors
e. vitamins
a. male hormones
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Classical Test Theory assumes
a. the length of a test has no bearing on its reliability. b. measurement errors occur systematically. c. it is not possible to estimate true scores. d. the distribution of random errors is the same for every respondent.
Wanda was the hardest working student in her school. Her constant efforts were rewarded at graduation when she received an award as the university's best math student. She confessed at that time that in elementary school she had failed math and was told by her teacher that she should pick an occupation that did not require her to work with numbers. What might Alfred Adler have said about Wanda?
A. Wanda is the exception to the rule, in that she should have instead displayed an inferiority complex. B. She most likely is a first born child. C. Her striving for achievement resulted from her earlier feelings of inferiority. D. She achieved because she never saw herself as inferior, regardless of what happened to her in elementary school.
Gordon Allport concluded that there are two important sources of prejudice, which are
a. personal prejudice and group prejudice. b. institutionalized prejudice and symbolic prejudice. c. racial prejudice and gender biases. d. social prejudice and ethnocentrism.
Some researchers think that autism is due to
A) impairment in an innate, core brain function that leaves the child unable to detect others' mental states. B) mercury commonly found in recommended childhood vaccinations. C) mutations in the child's genetic code, usually inherited through the father's genes. D) a diet during the prenatal period and the first year that was lacking in essential vitamins and proteins.