The occurrence of which of the following conditions shows that extraordinary abilities can exist apart from general intelligence?
a. Klinefelter's syndrome
b. schizotypal personality
c. savant syndrome
d. familial intellectual disability
C
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According to parents' responses in a research study, what is the least important way that children should behave toward their elderly parents?
A. living close to the parent B. writing to them once a week C. believing a parent should live with a child D. visiting once a week
Riley was assigned code number 249031 by his bank when he first opened his account. Later, his bank changed its coding system, and Riley was assigned the new code number 586729 . If Riley experienced proactive interference when he was asked for his bank code number, you would predict that he would recall:
a. the six digits 249031 b. the six digits 586729 c. only the first three digits (586) of his new number d. only the last three digits (729) of his new number
Which of the following is true of adoption studies?
A. They lack the control of a real experiment because researchers cannot manipulate the adoption variable. B. They have shown that rearing children apart from their biological parents has no effect on their intelligence. C. They are worse than family studies in determining the heritability of a trait. D. They completely control for environmental influences.
A desire to perform a behavior to obtain an external reward or avoid punishment is known as extrinsic motivation
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.