In most cases, the influence of an individual's genetic makeup
a. guarantees a certain outcome (e.g., alcoholism).
b. directly determines the development of specific behaviors.
c. can only increase or decrease the probability of a certain outcome occurring. d. overrides any environmental influences that may occur.
ANSWER: c
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After his class returns from a field trip to the local historical museum, Mr. Cordova asks his students to write an essay describing the things they learned at the museum. Considering factors that influence memory storage, which one of the following effects should writing the essay have on what the students will later remember about the field trip?
a. They will remember the trip better than if they had not written about it. b. They will tend to confuse aspects of the trip with previous field trips that they've written about in other essays. c. Although they won't necessarily remember any more about the trip, what they do remember will tend to be remembered more as visual images than it might have been otherwise. d. Writing about the trip will enhance students' short-term memory of the trip, but it will not necessarily enhance their long-term memory of it.
What percentage of the homeless population consists of children?
A=17%. B=27%. C=37%. D=47%.
Which of the following best describes the practice called reduction in force ("riffing")?
a. The process of eliminating incompetent teachers before they're given tenure b. The process of eliminating non-tenured teachers in the event of declining student numbers, program cancellations or budget cuts c. The process of eliminating either tenured or non-tenured teachers in the event of declining student numbers, program cancellations, or budget cuts d. The process of eliminating tenured teachers who have demonstrated incompetence for three consecutive years
Teacher attention in the from of disapproval is considered
a. Punishment b. Negative reinforcement c. Positive reinforcement or punishment, depending on its effect on behavior d. Positive reinforcement