Having people do a dull task and then getting them to lie about it was done to test
the idea that
(a) people are truly dispositionists
(b) intuitive judgments about numbers are often wrong
(c) behavior affects beliefs
(d) working memory capacity is limited to 7±2
(e) beliefs affect behavior
C
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Mental acts in which objects are changed or transformed and then can be returned to their original states are called
a. operations. b. mental flexibility acts. c. precausal thinking. d. transductive reasoning.
Regarding sleep patterns across the life cycle, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Infants and children spend more time in REM sleep than adults. b. By late adulthood, many people only require about six hours of sleep per night. c. Contrary to the common perception, most high school students get the recommended amount of sleep for adolescents. d. The average American sleeps less per night than the recommended amount. e. Most adults require between seven and nine hours of sleep for their maximum functioning.
Seven-year-old Kylie feels she is a good person. Kylie probably assumes that she
a. is not very good at most things. b. is very good at most things. c. is good at some things and bad at other things. d. has time to learn what she is good at when she gets older.
In her developmental psychology classes, Dr. Windham utilizes problem-based learning, which involves presenting
the students with open-ended real-life cases. The students must determine the important aspects of the problem and then come up with a plan of action to solve the problem using their textbook and notes. Dr. Windham is using a type of a. instrumental learning. b. rote learning. c. respondent conditioning. d. guided discovery.