Due to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that death constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment" for people with intellectual disabilities, an IQ score of 69 rather than 70 can mean
a. death.
b. retrial.
c. treatment.
d. exoneration.
Answer: a.
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The trait approach is built on the assumption that personality characteristics are relatively stable over time and that
A. personality characteristics are relatively stable over situations, too. B. through trait descriptions we can make comparisons across people. C. the typical behavior of a person with one trait is different from that of another. D. while explanation is not possible, trait researchers focus on describing personality.
When novice physics students were asked to sort problems into categories based on common solutions they formed categories based on
a. inclined planes and springs. b. inclined planes and the conservation-of-energy law. c. springs and Newton's second law. d. conservation-of-energy law and Newton's second law.
Based on research, it would appear that educational media products __________________
a. greatly accelerate the cognitive development of infants b. are used by almost 50% of babies in the United States c. have no effect on infants' cognitive development d. develop better attention spans in babies
What does the term self-enhancement refer to?
A. promoting one's own subculture at the expense of another B. holding unrealistically positive views of oneself and one's abilities C. a cultural system that values collective self-esteem D. making an internal attribution for personal failures