Johnny believes that 50 years is old enough to live. His grandfather died at 50 and his grandmother needs a walker to get around now. He decides not to take a job that has a retirement plan over one that pays $1 per hour more because he cannot imagine living to 65 or 70 . His decision is based on
a. common sense.
b. logical reasoning.
c. data and empirical evidence.
d. an assumption about how long he will live.
d
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The recency effect occurs when participants are asked to recall a list of words. One way to eliminate the recency effect is to
A. have participants say "la, la, la" while studying the list. B. present the list more slowly. C. have participants count backwards for 30 seconds after hearing the last word of the list. D. have participants see the words on a screen, rather than hear them.
How does the ethical principle of informed consent operate in studies involving children?
What will be an ideal response?
In cities and states where prostitution is illegal,
A) police focus on the clients, not the prostitutes. B) buying sex is against the law. C) the person buying sex faces far stiffer penalties than does the prostitute. D) selling sex is against the law, but buying sex is not.
When a young child learns how to take turns in conversation, stay on topic, and give appropriate responses such as "please" and "thank you," the child is demonstrating knowledge of __________.
A. egocentric speech B. pragmatics C. social speech D. fast mapping