Significant limitations in cognitive skills that are accompanied by difficulties in adapting to one's environment define ____, provided that these symptoms emerge prior to 18 years of age
a. giftedness
b. intellectual disability
c. Down syndrome
d. Savant syndrome
b
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While some believe that binge drinking is just a fun thing to do at parties, the results of such behavior really contradict such a notion. Which of the following is an accurate consequence of binge drinking?
a. Somewhere around 1,800 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die every year in the United States from drinking too much. b. The rates of assault on college campuses actually go down when drinking goes up, as people become too incapacitated by drinking to go out and get into trouble. c. The rate of binge drinking in the general public has increased in the same proportions that it has increased among college students. d. Around 700,000 college students a year are victims of alcohol-related date-rape.
George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Cher, Steven Spielberg, and Ken Starr were all born in 1946; this means that they are all members of the same
a. cohort. b. longitude. c. practice effect. d. ecological validator.
Schools affect children's:
a. IQ scores. c. career aspirations. b. achievement motivation. d. all of these
How would a psychologist who follows the psychological model be most likely to explain the development of an anxiety disorder?
A. Anxiety disorders develop due to heredity. B. Anxiety disorders develop due to differences in brain structure. C. Anxiety disorders develop due to life experiences such as abuse. D. Anxiety disorders develop secondary to other disorders.