Abe has an IQ of 60 with both his older brother and sister also being diagnosed with a mild intellectual disability. Abe and his sibling come from a very poor household where nutrition, intellectual stimulation, medical care, and emotional support are inadequate. Abe and his siblings most likely have intellectual disabilities that have a(n) __________ cause
a. organic
b. teratogenic
c. familial
d. metabolic
ANSWER: c
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
You go into your son's room, only to be met with a combination of smells, including day-old pizza, wet towels, and gym shoes. Your son seems unconcerned with the putrid odors. When you ask how he can stand the stench of his "pig sty," he replies that he does not smell anything because of __________. (Well, at least he's listening in psychology class.)
a. sensory adaptation b. sensory gating c. sensory conflict d. selective attention
Suppose that Dr. Poonnamalee finds a correlation of +.68 between the amount of humor professors use and the grades that students earn in their classes. What can he appropriately conclude from this finding?
a. ?There is no meaningful relationship between these two variables. b. ?Greater use of humor is associated with higher grades. c. ?Greater use of humor is associated with lower grades. d. ?Humor, or the lack of it, causes student grades to be higher or lower.
A rat is placed in a radial maze in which it has already been trained for many trials. As compared to rats without damage to their hippocampus, rats with damage are more likely to ____.
A. enter an alley at random B. fail to eat the food they find C. enter one of the correct alleys repeatedly D. enter an alley that is never correct