Evidence suggests that the speed of information processing as measured by reaction time
a. is a culturally fair way to assess components of intelligence.
b. shows at least moderate correlations with standard intelligence tests.
c. is a fairly pure measure of intelligence because it is not influenced by motivational and attentional factors.
d. is not a component of intelligence.
B
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a. challenge for cause b. implicit challenge c. peremptory challenge d. challenge for bias
An early popularizer of psychology was ____.?
a. ?Jones b. ?Jastrow c. ?Dewey d. ?Wiggam e. ?both Jastrow and Wiggam
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What will be an ideal response?
Frank flings a paper airplane through the air in history class. All of the students laugh. Their teacher, Mr. Curtis, becomes irate; his face turns beet red, and large veins bulge from his neck. "Frank!" Mr. Curtis screams, "You are in big trouble now!" Frank really doesn't care about the trouble. The combination of the attention from the students and the emotional reaction from Mr. Curtis was
plenty to ensure that Frank will keep misbehaving in class. Throwing the paper airplane, then, was: A) positively reinforced. B) negatively reinforced. C) positively punished. D) negatively punished.