Which of the following statements is true of heritability?
A. Even if the heritability of a characteristic is very high, the environment seldom matters.
B. Heritability has no meaning when applied to a single case.
C. Heritability is a statistic that provides information about a single individual.
D. Heritability estimates remain constant over time and across different groups.
Answer: B
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Christine conducts cross-cultural research and Betty conducts multicultural research. Which statement is most likely to be true?
a. Christine is more interested in discovering differences between her samples than is Betty. b. Betty is more likely to use social psychological research methods. c. Christine is more likely to sample individuals from many different cultures. d. Betty is more likely to find differences between her samples than is Christine.
Eric is conducting a study in which he compares people who are over 60 to people who are 40 to people who are in their 20s. He compares them on their level of narcissism. He finds that younger people are more narcissistic, and concludes that narcissism weakens as a person ages. A colleague points out to him that perhaps the younger people are more narcissistic not because of their age, but
because they were surrounded by social media as they grew up, and that exposure to things like Facebook might be what promotes narcissism rather than youth. The older participants were not exposed to Facebook in their early years. Eric's colleague is raising the possibility of a(n) _____ effect. a. placebo b. experimental c. cohort d. longitudinal
According to Carl Rogers, _________ refer(s) to the mental images of what we are capable of becoming.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
David's parents have noticed that he is wearing clothes that have the marijuana leaf symbol and he has a collection of beer cans in his room
They have overheard David joking with his friends about drugs, but when they try to talk to David about drugs, he becomes angry and leaves the room. David's behavior indicates that he has a problem with drugs or alcohol primarily because of his a. identification with the drug culture. c. dramatic changes in school performance. b. signs of physical deterioration. d. changes in behavior.