You are on a game show that awards one million dollars to successful contestants. One of the questions asks you for the term given to an autistic individual who possesses a special memory or artistic skill. If you want to win the money, you should say:
A. a savant
B. a person with Type II schizophrenia
C. a humanist
D. an individual with fragile X syndrome
Answer: A
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. Children cannot learn attitudes, fears, emotions, or personality traits through modeling. b. Observational learning prepares a person to duplicate a response. c. Children who witness domestic violence are more likely to commit it themselves as adults. d. An adolescent is more likely to begin smoking if his or her parents, siblings, and friends smoke.
The Taoist yin and yang symbol represent ______.
a. The connection of the past to the future b. The transcendence of time and place c. The balance of the old and the new d. The balance between opposing forces and desires
According to the authors, Kurt Lewin once wrote, "There is nothing so practical as a good theory." By that, Lewin was referring to the idea that
a. to solve social problems, psychologists must understand the processes that underlie them. b. basic researchers should not be afraid to conduct applied research aimed at solving social problems. c. applied researchers should have a higher status in the field of social psychology. d. the line between basic and applied research is clearer in social psychology than in other sciences.