In the context of cognition, which of the following statements is true of creativity?
a) Cultures that have histories of greater prevalence of disease-causing pathogens are associated with greater creativity.
b) It depends on convergent thinking rather than divergent thinking that is typically assessed in measures of intelligence.
c) Creative individuals have been shown to have low capacity for hard work, and a low tolerance for ambiguity and disorder.
d) Time spent living abroad, but not time spent traveling abroad, was positively related with creativity.
d
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With regard to the number of basic dimensions of temperament and personality, experts
a. believe there are only four or five. b. agree that there are at least 10. c. believe there are probably more than 30. d. disagree about how many there are.
A researcher obtains a negative value for chi-square statistic. What can you conclude because the value is negative?
a. The observed frequencies are consistently larger than the expected frequencies. b. The expected frequencies are consistently larger than the observed frequencies. c. There are large differences between the observed and expected frequencies. d. The researcher made a mistake; the value of chi-square cannot be negative.
As Candy, a 16-year old, is talking to her parents about her boyfriend Brian, she yells at them, "You just don't understand what I'm going through!" Candy is demonstrating:
A. centering B. the personal fable C. separation anxiety D. accommodation
Tim claims that flashbulb memories are a separate and special kind of memory. Liz says otherwise; flashbulb memories are subject to the same inaccuracies and biases that characterize ordinary memories. Who is right?
A. Tim-flashbulb memories are complete and immune to forgetting. B. Tim-flashbulb memories represent a fourth type of memory. C. Liz-flashbulb memories result from automatic encoding. D. Neither one is correct, since more research is needed.