Which of the following describes the individual's cardinal disposition(s)?
a) Sherlock Holmes was stubborn, persistent, disorganized, and arrogant, and he was a misogynist.
b) Thomas Jefferson was a man of many talents.
c) King Solomon was known for his wisdom.
d) A well-known boxer was tough in the ring but gentle when he played with his kitten.
Answer: c) King Solomon was known for his wisdom.
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a. more effectively in the right hemisphere in most people b. more effectively in the left hemisphere in most people. c. with equal in both hemispheres in most people. d. more effectively in the right hemisphere in about half of all people, and more effectively in the left hemisphere in the other half.
In Rosenthal and Jacobson's (1968) study of the effect that teacher expectations had on the performance of selected elementary school students, the changes in student intellectual performance were attributed to the
a. way that the teachers behaved toward the special students. b. ability of the psychological tests to predict who the "academic spurters" were likely to be. c. support that was given to the special students by their peers. d. removal of the "normal" students from the classroom.
Catherine could not believe that her mother insisted that she go into the Target store with her. "My hair is dirty!" Catherine protested
The fact that Catherine is concerned that everyone in the store will be looking at her and noticing her dirty hair is an example of a. adolescent egocentrism. c. personal fables. b. the imaginary audience. d. metacognition.
Preschoolers' ability to reason about transformations is evident on
A) conservation tasks. B) tasks that require reasoning by analogy. C) class inclusion problems. D) hierarchical classification tasks.