The belief that one's capacity can be learned or improved with practice is called

A. age effects.
B. plasticity.
C. incontinuity.
D. instability.


Answer: B

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a. the socialization of youth. b. frontal attacks on competing ideologies by politicians and teachers. c. propaganda efforts. d. all of the above

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Karl Marx believed that religion was the most humane feature of an inhuman world

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The moving of work to factories, the increase of formal education and a lower birthrate are all associated with which era?

A) The Scientific Revolution B) The Industrial Revolution C) The Feminist Revolution D) The Quiet Revolution

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Research comparing expressions of masculinity or machismo between European-American, African-American and Chicano-American men documented

a. few differences between the three categories of men. b. that Chicano-American men expressed a significantly stronger sense of masculinity than African-American men. c. that African-American men expressed a significantly stronger sense of masculinity than European-American men. d. that African-American and Chicano-American men were similar in expressing a significantly stronger sense of masculinity than European-American men.

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