Jacob and Haley decided to raise geese for a school project. Their parents got them an incubator and some gosling eggs. Jacob and Haley were present when the goslings hatched from their eggs. From that time on, the goslings followed the children around

as if they were their parents. The behavior of the goslings is called __________.

a) social referencing
b) attaching
c) bonding
d) imprinting


Answer: d

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Jackson and Messick have argued that it has not been possible to formulate a coherent set of ethical principles that govern all legitimate uses of testing. This is because of

a. invasion of privacy. b. human rights. c. divided loyalties. d. moral issues.

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Strong emotions can kill you in two ways, which are

a. stress-related sympathetic effects and the parasympathetic rebound. b. stress-related limbic system effects and the reticular formation rebound. c. underreactions of both the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems. d. underreactions of both the limbic system and the reticular activating system.

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Which of the following is NOT the purpose for using computer programs?

A. graph distributions B. calculate statistics C. interpret distributions D. create tables

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