A teacher decides against assigning group projects in which all group members get the same grade. What social psychological phenomenon might the teacher be concerned about?
a) conformity
b) social loafing
c) social influence
d) social facilitation
b
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A teacher is concerned about a student who seems depressed. She asks the school psychologist whether her student is likely to outgrow his current problems. How would the school psychologist respond?
a. Children are resilient and usually outgrow their depression. b. Children who have experienced childhood depression are six times more likely to commit suicide as young adults. c. What looks like depression in young children is almost always a form of age-appropriate behavior. d. Depression in young girls may get worse with age, but with young boys, it usually gets better.
The Miller Analogies Test
a. is strictly verbal and timed. b. is strictly verbal but not timed. c. contains verbal and performance items and is timed. d. contains verbal and performance items but is not timed.
When new information (learned later) blocks or disrupts the retrieval of related old information (learned earlier) is called:
a. proactive interference c. accuracy b. retroactive interference d. content
Our sense of equilibrium is called
A) the vestibular sense. B) proprioception. C) balance. D) kinesthesia.