Zena is a consulting psychologist who conducts workshops where she advises teachers on how to improve student behavior in the classroom. Which of the following objectives of science is she applying?
A. control
B. prediction
C. explanation
D. description
Answer: A
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a. older participants chose more positive stereotypes for both older men and older women than younger participants did. b. the participants chose fewer positive stereotypes for the older women than for older men. c. the participants chose negative stereotypes for women in their 60s, but positive stereotypes for women in their 70s. d. the participants, surprisingly, chose more positive stereotypes for older women than for older men.
All of the following reduced the level of obedience in the Milgram experiment except
a. lowering the prestige of the institution where the experiment was conducted. b. having the experimenter in a different location. c. informing the participants that the experimenter assumed responsibility for the learner's welfare. d. having the learner be in the same room as the participant.
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A. monocular shadowing B. bottom-up processing C. binocular convergence D. top-down processing
With aging, there is a gradual decline of crystallized abilities, but not of fluid abilities
Indicate whether the statement is true or false