According to research examining the relationship between genetics and shyness (Reiss et al., 2000), parents who are overprotective of a shy child
a. may accentuate the child's shyness.
b. may minimize the child's shyness.
c. may see the child outgrow his/her natural shyness over time.
d. may also have outgoing children who tend to dominate the shy child.
e. may have relatively little influence on the child's genetically determined shyness.
a
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Older adults may encounter complications following the death of their adult child like
a. decreased likelihood of institutionalization b. a perceived validation of the natural order of things c. increased social contacts d. all of these e. none of these
Iyesha reads a journal article reporting a study in which a small sample of women undertook tests of spatial ability at two points during their menstrual cycle. She decides to conduct a similar study using a larger sample of women. Iyesha is performing a ______.
a. significance test b. replication c. linkage analysis d. double-blind study
One disadvantage that results from the use of operational definitions is that
A. the reliability and validity of the operational definition become equivalent. B. the number of psychological constructs becomes smaller. C. communication among scientists becomes confused. D. a potentially limitless number of operational definitions exists for any construct.
Which of the following brain structures is hypothesized to play a role in disordered
eating? a. Right frontal lobe b. Corpus callosum c. Cerebellum d. Hypothalamus e. Amygdala