Which family characteristic is NOT associated with lower achievement?
a. Growing up in a single-parent family
b. Being a member of minority group
c. Having an uneducated mother
d. Having a parent who uses consistent discipline
d
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Much of the controversy regarding testing has centered on the finding that on average, the IQ scores of African Americans are
a. 15 points above the scores of white Americans. b. 20 points below the scores of white Americans. c. one standard deviation below the scores of white Americans. d. two standard deviations below the scores of white Americans.
What is the tendency to deem our self as superior to peers?
A. self-enhancement B. openness to experiences C. cynicism D. sensitivity to honor
Addiction results from _____ to drugs of abuse as well as hypersensitivity to _____.
A) hyposensitivity; depressive stimuli B) hyposensitivity; environmental stressors C) hypersensitivity; environmental stressors D) hypersensitivity; depressive stimuli
The finding that people with one type of serotonin transporter gene and childhood maltreatment had higher rates of depression than either those without the gene or those with the gene without the maltreatment suggests that
a. childhood maltreatment causes depression. b. only one type of gene causes depression. c. either or a gene or certain environmental factors need to be present to cause depression. d. both a gene and certain environmental factors need to be present to cause depression.