Which of the following is NOT true of people who are best at detecting lies?
a. They are likely to be police officers, psychiatrists, or others whose profession involves detecting lies.
b. People overestimate their ability to detect liars.
c. Even the best of judges of liars have an accuracy rate around 57%.
d. There is a significant difference between the accuracy rates of experts and non-experts.
D
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How can a father's habits affect the health of an unborn child during prenatal development?
A. A father's nicotine intake produces DNA changes that are passed to the fetus on chromosome 23. B. A father's use of barbiturates interacts with a mother's use of marijuana, resulting in missing chromosomes on a child's 8th pair. C. A father's use of alcohol or illegal drugs can affect his sperm, which in turn may lead to chromosomal damage that affects the fetus. D. A father's use of crack cocaine causes sperm mutations, such that two sperm are capable of fertilizing a single ovum.
Dr. Tomlin is a therapist working from the cognitive perspective. She is likely to describe abnormal behavior in terms of
a. the role of repressed thoughts and beliefs. b. failure to achieve self-actualization. c. classical conditioning. d. the combination of classical and operant conditioning. e. irrational or distorted thinking.
In contrast to low self-esteem people, when faced with failure, people with high self-esteem typically work just as hard as they do after successes
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What did Baltes and Staudinger find when examining wisdom in people between the ages of 25 and 75?
A. Wisdom was positively correlated with age. B. Wisdom was not associated with age in this age range. C. Wisdom was negatively correlated with age. D. Wisdom was highest around the age of 50.