An often-used technique for demonstrating the problems with eye-witness accounts is having an accomplice enter a classroom, pretend to shoot the professor, then leave. The class members are then asked to describe the "gunman"
This is an example of
a. a virtual reality assessment.
b. a staged naturalistic event.
c. an unethical observational tool.
d. a role-playing test.
b
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The emerging baby receives oxygen through the umbilical cord. Temporary squeezing of the umbilical cord during the birth process ____, whereas prolonged constriction of the cord ____
a. may be fatal? is always fatal b. causes early-onset schizophrenia? causes cerebral palsy c. generally, causes no problems? is associated with developmental problems d. causes cerebral palsy? generally, causes no problems
Which of the following reflects the view of contemporary developmental psychologists and is in contrast to Piaget’s analysis?
a. ?Children’s abilities to understand objects in their world depend on their development of language abilities. b. ?Very young children seem to understand a great deal about objects and how they work, even before they have had much experience interacting with them. c. ?Very young children seem to understand a great deal about objects and how they work, once they have gained substantial experience interacting with them. d. ?Children’s abilities to understand objects in their world develop slowly over time.
The trait approach is built on the assumption that personality characteristics are relatively stable over time and that
A. personality characteristics are relatively stable over situations, too. B. through trait descriptions we can make comparisons across people. C. the typical behavior of a person with one trait is different from that of another. D. while explanation is not possible, trait researchers focus on describing personality.
A common personality trait in both anorexia and bulimia nervosa is
A) rule-boundedness. B) introversion. C) perfectionism. D) conscientiousness.