General State University recently decided to discontinue its use of the GRE as an admissions tool for its graduate programs because they observed no correlation between GRE scores and subsequent GPAs. Ninety percent of the grades awarded in the graduate programs at General State University are A's. What General State has failed to consider in this situation is the issue of
a. curvilinear
relationships.
b. causality.
c. the third-variable problem.
d. restrictive range.
d
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The kinship between a step-mother and her step-children is
a. zero. b. moderate. c. strong, if she feels affectionate toward the step-children. d. impossible to estimate.
When we say that we are "conscious of" seeing something or hearing a sound, we are referring to consciousness as
a. a stream of thought. c. stream of sensorium. b. a metaphysical concept. d. sensory awareness.
The "mountain problem" described in the text is most often used to demonstrate the concept of:
a. symbolic representation b. conservation of number c. conservation of volume d. egocentrism
Which of the following statements is not true regarding the gender intensification hypothesis in adolescence?
A. During adolescence, girls can be highly pressured to behave in feminine ways without necessarily being punished or labeled deviant for exhibiting some masculine traits at the same time. B. During adolescence, boys can be highly pressured to behave in masculine ways without necessarily being punished or labeled deviant for exhibiting some feminine traits at the same time. C. Boys' gender-role socialization does not intensify during adolescence as much as it does for girls because boys' gender-role socialization is very intense from childhood. D. Girls may feel increasingly pressured to dress nicely and to wear makeup when they reach adolescence, but they are not pressured to give up athletics.