You are hiking through a national forest when something moves under the leaves ahead and to your left. You then see the creature and determine that it is indeed a poisonous snake. Deciding how you will react and avoid getting bit is known as
a. primary appraisal.
b. the adaptation phase.
c. secondary appraisal.
d. the reactive plan stage.
C
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In early adulthood, changes due to aging will begin gradually affecting which of the following systems?
A. Cardiovascular, brain functioning, and vision B. Respiratory, nervous, and muscular C. Cardiovascular, immune, and respiratory D. Vision, immune, and hearing
If we take all possible samples from a normally distributed population, which of the following sample sizes will yield the smallest variation in the means of the samples?
a. 1 b. 85 c. 120 d. 5 e. 15
Studies of pubertal timing show that
A) early-maturing girls are more satisfied with their body image than their late-maturing agemates. B) the negative body image of early-maturing boys worsens throughout adolescence. C) early-maturing boys tend to be overly talkative and attention seeking. D) early-maturing adolescents of both sexes seek out older companions.
Lukas conducts a research on 50 children. He divides the children into 2 groups, A and B, with 25 children in each group. He shows both the groups five vegetables, out of which three are tomatoes. He then asks each group if there are more tomatoes or more vegetables. Group A answers that there are more vegetables than there are tomatoes, and group B answers that there are more tomatoes than there are vegetables. Which of the following can be inferred from this study?
A. Group B understands the relationship between a whole and its parts. B. Group A consists of children who are in the preoperational stage of Piagetian cognitive development. C. Group B understands the relationship between two objects by knowing the relationship of each to a third object. D. Group A consists of children who are in the concrete operations stage of Piagetian cognitive development.