Which factor contributes to the "sandwich generation"?
A. Men and women are choosing not to marry at all.
B. In general, people are living longer.
C. Men and women are choosing to remain childless.
D. Middle-aged people earn more than both their children and their parents.
Answer: B
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a. fixed-ratio schedule b. fixed-interval schedule c. continuous reinforcement schedule d. variable-ratio schedule
Canadian teenagers are subjected to _____ restrictions as are incarcerated felons.
A) about the same number of B) twice as many C) 5 times as many D) 10 times as many
In laboratory settings, how well do adolescents, compared to adults, perform on tasks in which they must judge the riskiness of two scenarios presented to them?
What will be an ideal response?
In order to get a job at a convenience store, you had to take a lie-detector test. You were asked a series of questions and you answered truthfully that you had never stolen from your employer or lied during an interview. Unfortunately, you were not hired, because measurements recorded during these questions indicated that you were lying. What is the most likely explanation for this? a. The
test revealed that you have a personality disorder. b. The machine was faulty, and thus misread your heart rate and galvanic skin response during only these questions. c. You may have been afraid of being accused of dishonest behavior that you never committed. d. Polygraphs are almost always accurate, so you must have lied about something.