Which of the following did Burt believe?
a. Special education could substantially improve the performance of children with intellectual disabilities.
b. The “g” or general factor of intelligence was largely inherited.
c. Students with high intelligence should be paired with students with low intelligence so the former could help the
latter.
d. Data from the study of identical twins largely refuted the idea that intelligence is inherited.
b. The “g” or general factor of intelligence was largely inherited.
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In 1889, William James became the first professor of psychology at Harvard while continuing to be a member of the philosophy department. What was his academic training for these positions?
a. He held a double Ph.D. in philosophy and psychology. b. He obtained a Ph.D. in psychology and an M.D. degree. c. He studied painting and then went to medical school, but never practiced medicine. d. He did not have any formal education beyond secondary school.
Connie believes that she has Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) because she has been coughing and sneezing for the past few days. However, Connie fails to realize that if she truly had SARS, she would be exhibiting several other symptoms as well. Connie seems to be
A. exhibiting functional fixedness. B. ignoring negative evidence. C. considering multiple hypotheses. D. using the anchoring heuristic.
Helmholtz borrowed the concept of _____ from physics to explain how we discriminate different frequencies
a. transduction b. resonance c. capacitance d. conduction
The "Malleus Maleficarum" was ______
a. a medical manual designed to help Renaissance physicians treat abnormal behavior b. the first diagnostic manual that correctly labeled some mental health problems according to their behavioral symptoms c. the holy ritual used to help priests perform exorcisms d. a manual for helping inquisitors identify suspected witches