A psychologist completed a longitudinal study of several hundred people who were diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome when they were babies. What are the results of this longitudinal study likely to reveal concerning the status of these people as adults?
a) The majority of the handicaps are overcome as new brain connections develop.
b) As adults, many people with fetal alcohol syndrome exhibit poor concentration and motor difficulties.
c) They have minor problems that tend to be identified only with sophisticated testing such as brain scans.
d) The majority of those with fetal alcohol syndrome develop debilitating psychological and medical problems that often lead to lifetime hospitalization.
b
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b. It too often identifies innocent people as lying. c. It is more expensive than other methods of detecting lies. d. It can be used only after someone gives informed consent.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Direct observation of people rarely leads to inaccurate stereotypes. 2. We tend to underestimate the variability among members of a category. 3. We tend to underestimate the variability among members of different categories. 4. The self-fulfilling prophecy is the tendency for people to see what they expect to see. 5. When participants in Steele and Aronson's study (1995) were asked to list their race at the top of an exam, African American students scored more poorly than did their SAT scores suggested they should.
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a. each eye sends a different, independent image to the brain b. texture results in the figure being more dominant than the background c. the loss of sharpness and detail causes a sense of distance d. the farther away the object is, the more defined the sense of texture
Experiences of bereavement and grief are likely to be affected by
a. social support received by the bereaved after the loss b. the prior attachment between the survivor and the deceased c. coping strategies developed by the bereaved person in dealing with previous losses d. all of these e. none of these