As your parents age, how do you predict their friendships will also change? Why? How are men and women different in terms of friendship? How does social media change modern friendships, even for older adults, and why?

What will be an ideal response?


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Matthew is 20 months old and has been diagnosed as having non-organic FTT (NOFTT). The cause of this is thought to be

a. an underlying health problem. b. failure to make use of adequate nutrition due to a health problem. c. trouble accessing food due to a health problem. d. a combination of many different causal factors.

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A biological psychologist studies the effects of amphetamine on aggression in rhesus monkeys. However, to the researcher’s surprise, the experimental results differ for isolated monkeys versus monkeys in a colony. What is missing from this experiment?

a. the social psychology perspective b. human controls c. physiological measurements d. an integration between biology and psychology

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Gayatri's friends tell her that she is very creative. She wonders if this is a reflection of her IQ. What would you tell Gayatri?

A. Her IQ has nothing to do with whether she shows creative behavior. B. Tests of intelligence measure divergent thinking, while measures of creativity focus on convergent thinking. C. The correlation between creativity and IQ is fairly low. D. Gayatri must be very intelligent because creativity is displayed only by people with extremely high IQ scores.

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While hiking, Marston heard a noise in the woods. After evaluating the sound and its closeness, he determined there was no danger. What part of Marston's brain assisted him in assessing danger in this situation?

a. left hemisphere b. right hemisphere c. Broca's area d. amygdala

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