Statistically speaking, which of the following people would be MOST likely to be obese?
a. Alan, who is 20 years old
b. Luke, who is 34 years old
c. Jeremy, who is 50 years old
d. Mike, who is 60 years old
c
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Your son Nosa, who is age 5, is able to understand some aspects of conservation and classification, but does not quite understand seriation yet
Your partner claims that Nosa is developing earlier than Piaget's stages would predict, because he is already capable of concrete operations. You remember Piaget's opinion on this matter from your textbook, and you tell your partner that ___. a. Nosa is a gifted child and should be placed in an advanced classroom b. according to your textbook, because Nosa understands conservation and, he would be described by Piaget as a concrete operational thinker c. Nosa has trouble with seriation because his fine motors kills are not well developed yet d. Nosa may understand some concrete operational tasks, but according to Piaget, mastering all skills, including seriation, is necessary to qualify a child as a concrete operational thinker
An experimenter claims that going to church increases marital happiness. In order to make this claim, the experimenter must have used what type of research?
A) Observational study B) Experimental study C) Correlational study D) Survey study
Praying mantises are typically green or brown in color to allow them to blend in with their surroundings. If a group of praying mantises were born a different color, they would be at an adaptive disadvantage. This color change, although not helpful to the mantis, could happen naturally through the process of _____.
A. mutation. B. gene splicing. C. artificial selection. D. functionalism.
In operant conditioning, any event that reliably increases the probability or frequency of the response it follows is called a(n)
a. operant stimulus. b. operant reinforcer. c. response facilitator. d. conditioned stimulus.