Charles Spearman argued for a single "general intelligence" factor because he noted that
a. people who excel in one area of intellectual functioning are likely to excel in others.
b. people generally excel in one area.
c. people always excel in all areas.
d. people always excel in one area.
A
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In order to examine the relationship between gender, hair color, and intelligence, you would use
a. the Pearson r. b. multivariate analysis. c. the phi coefficient. d. the tetrachoric correlation.
Based on the Bandura studies, what would explain why girls are less likely to act out aggressively than boys after watching violence on television?
A. Most violence on television is enacted by males. B. Girls are less susceptible to modeling than boys. C. Boys don't have much impulse control. D. Boys are naturally more aggressive than girls.
Hurt feelings caused by being excluded from a group are adaptive because these feelings . . .
a. Motivate us to be self-sufficient b. Motivate us to seek justice c. Motivate us to try to be reinstated into the group d. Motivate us to dislike those who dislike us
Jamie joined a convent and renounced all her worldly goods. She has devoted her life to the "service of God.". Jamie's passionate religious commitment would likely be described by Gordon Allport as a:
a. central trait b. secondary trait c. superordinate trait d. cardinal trait