Experts often cannot explain how they come to particular conclusions in their area of expertise
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A psychologist is reluctant to use parents' observations of their children in determining levels of their children's depression. However, parents often insist on being consulted. What is the psychologist likely to find when parents are asked to evaluate
their children's levels of depression? a. Parents tend to underestimate the extent of depression reported by their children. b. Parents frequently mistake the symptoms of depression as signs of a developing psychotic process. c. Parents tend to overreact to minor symptoms and overestimate the severity of the depression. d. Whenever parents are involved in such data collection, they immediately put themselves in the role of the therapist and begin treatment, often with disastrous results.
When you were first learning to make your bed, your parents told you that you did a good job when you got the bedspread pulled up, even though the bed was still a little messy. For the next week, they showed you how to be a little neater each time you made the bed. What operant conditioning procedure did your parents use?
A. Generalization B. Extinction C. Shaping D. Punishment
Some traits are more influenced by genetic factors than other traits, as reflected in the correlations between the traits of identical twins raised apart. Which one of the following series of traits is arranged from most to least heritable?
a. Height, brain activity, IQ scores, creativity b. Brain activity, height, creativity, IQ scores c. Brain activity, IQ scores, height, creativity d. Height, creativity, IQ scores, brain activity
The existence of the Hayflick limit disproves the theory of the genetic clock
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