Which of the following is categorized as an instinct?
a. A bird migrating in the winter
b. A baby sucking on a nipple
c. A knee jerking when tapped
d. A pupil contracting in bright light
a. A bird migrating in the winter
A bird migrating in the winter is an example of instinct.
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According to the text, why do we need records?
a. So the teacher can tell we've done the work. b. Because memory alone is not accurate enough. c. Because records will change our behavior. d. So that we can compare ourselves with other people.
The new fifth-grade teacher just arrived for her orientation session. The principal provided her with information on the class she will begin teaching next week,
including the group results on a state-required achievement test administered at the end of fourth grade. The principal tells the teacher that the students' average score was exactly at their grade level. What question should the teacher ask that will help her evaluate the information she has been given? a) What is the correlation between IQ scores and the state test scores? b) What percentage of the students come from homes that are in the poverty range? c) What is the degree of variability or spread around the average score on that test? d) What do the inferential statistics demonstrate about the scores obtained by this group of students?
When asked why he shouldn't steal a piece of gum from a convenience store, Simon, an eight-year-old child answers, "Because I might get taken to jail." This child is reasoning at Kohlberg's __________
a) preconventional level of moral reasoning. b) conventional level of moral reasoning. c) unconventional level of moral reasoning. d) postconventional level of moral reasoning.
Genes can directly cause human behavior
a. True b. False