Compared to students with different ethnic and SES backgrounds, most educators would predict, based on research, that students who are white and from middle- and upper-class backgrounds will do ______________________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
Answer: Better on traditional measures of intelligence
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By age 5, a child's brain weighs __________ of an average adult's brain.
A. 90 percent B. 75 percent C. 60 percent D. 50 percent
Researchers conduct an experiment in which one group is exposed to Treatment A and the other group is exposed to Treatment B. What are the treatments?
A. independent variable B. dependent variable C. control group D. treatment group
Metcalfe and Wiebe gave participants problems to solve and asked them to make "warmth" judgments every 15 seconds to indicate how close they felt they were to a solution. The purpose of this experiment was to
a. demonstrate a difference between how people solve insight and non-insight problems. b. show how people progress through the problem space as they solve a problem. c. show that some problems are easier to solve than others. d. measure the time-course of solving well-defined versus ill-defined problems.
Which of the following is an incorrect statement concerning electroconvulsive therapy?
a. it is understood why the treatment works b. people who receive the treatment have a relatively high relapse rate c. some researchers show concern the procedure might cause permanent brain damage d. the procedure can produce side effects, such as confusion or loss of memory, although they are usually not serious