The potential positive influence of environment on intelligence is demonstrated by the fact that children from disadvantaged backgrounds who participate in the ____ program show improved test scores and school performance.
a. D.A.R.E
b. Head Start
c. YMCA
d. No Child Left Behind
Answer: b. Head Start
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Which statement about schizophrenia is accurate?
a. Lifetime prevalence rates of schizophrenia are about nine percent. b. The causes of schizophrenia are not well understood. c. Individuals with schizophrenia will never recover much function. d. Research suggests that schizophrenia is not genetic.
Brad Alford's study of the man who thought he was followed by a witch is an example of ________
a. anecdotal evidence b. the case study method c. a group design experiment d. an ABA design experiment
According to Sternberg's triangular theory of love, the _____________ component involves sexual desire and physical attraction
a. affection b. passion c. cognition d. respect
When participants were first placed in a dark room alone and asked to estimate the apparent movement of a point of light, individuals were consistent in their own estimates, and these estimates differed greatly from participant to participant
When participants made the same estimates in a group setting, their estimates converged. According to Muzafer Sherif (1936), why did this happen? Conformity occurs when people a. feel anonymous in a group. b. feel uncomfortable and insecure. c. can use others' behaviors as cues for what's right. d. can use anonymity to control others.