The decline in self-esteem and academic achievement during a transition to middle school or high school can be exacerbated by
a. high family income.
b. parental conflict.
c. friendly teachers.
d. strong parent–child relationships.
Answer: b. parental conflict.
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Which of the following is true of mental images?
a. ?Children cultivate the ability to think in mental images as they reach adulthood and their brains mature. b. ?People with extremely low or high intellect have difficulty thinking in mental images. c. ?People can turn visual mental images around in their minds, zoom in or out, and identify their features. d. ?People store and use mental images as small units of unrelated data.
During a visit to the local museum, you appreciate the incredible beauty of the paintings displayed on the wall. Your ability to see the paintings as complete pictures rather than individual, disconnected dots of color, texture, and location is because of a process called
a. contiguity b. proximity c. accommodation d. binding
Psychologists use the term short-term memory span to refer to the number of items that can be recalled:
a. in the exact order of presentation, on half the tested memory trials b. in any order, on half the tested memory trials c. in the exact order of presentation, on at least one of the tested memory trials d. in the exact order of presentation, on 100% of the tested memory trials
Which system suggests that there are no moral absolutes, and that what is deemed "good" and "bad" can be different from group to group?
A. Moral absolutism B. Ethical relativism C. Sub-cultural moralism D. Global relativism