Instead of using mental age to compute IQ, Wechsler based IQ scores on how a person's answers compared with those attained by other persons of the same age. This concept is known as the _________ IQ
a. performance c. standard
b. deviation d. peer group
B
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The fact that a teen growing up when Pearl Harbor was attacked will develop in a different manner from a teen growing up when the World Trade Center was attacked is best explained in terms of
A. multidirectionality B. multiple causation C. plasticity D. historical context
Learned helplessness can only occur in animals, not in humans
a. True b. False
When other treatments fail, electroconvulsive therapy has been proven to be successful in the treatment of __________.
A. schizophrenia B. bipolar disorder C. severe depression D. obsessive-compulsive disorder
Unlike defects transmitted by dominant genes, those transmitted by recessive genes tend to be lethal at an earlier age because:
A. any affected children would be less likely to survive infancy. B. recessive genes are less likely to be transmitted by homozygous carriers who have the disorder. C. recessive genes are likely to be transmitted by heterozygous carriers who do not themselves have the defect. D. any affected children would likely die before reproducing.