By 3 to 4 months of age, infants begin to do all of the following except
a. distinguish more easily among male than female faces.
b. pay more attention to faces than to other visual stimuli.
c. make more subtle distinctions among faces, using spatial relations.
d. process upright faces more effectively than upside-down faces.
A
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A child who fits Jerome Kagan's description for the temperamental style he calls "inhibited to the unfamiliar" is placed in a room by herself; researchers observe the child through a one-way mirror and also check physiological measures
What might they expect to find? a. The child's heart rate accelerates. b. The child looks around for an adult. c. The child's brain waves show a sleep-like pattern. d. The child runs around and moves his arms in stereotyped patterns.
In 1959, Festinger and Carlsmith conducted a classic experiment in which they asked participants to tell a lie (about how interesting a very boring study was). The researchers paid participants either $1 or $20 to tell this lie. The same participants were then asked how interesting they really thought the study was. What did the researchers find?
a. There was no difference between those paid $1 and those paid $20; both said that the (very boring) study was indeed boring. b. There was no difference between those paid $1 and those paid $20; both said that the (very boring) study was in fact very interesting. c. Compared to those paid $1, those paid $20 rated the study as much more interesting. d. Compared to those paid $20, those paid $1 rated the study as much more interesting.
Spearman's early use of factor analysis led him to conclude that intelligence is
a. impossible to assess in a psychometrically valid way. b. a general ability plus some special abilities. c. a group of separate multicomponents. d. a single general ability.
Which of the following statements regarding the Big Five personality traits and aspects of one's life is TRUE?
A. People rated high in agreeableness were more likely to be drug dependent. B. People rated high in conscientiousness were more likely to be altruistic. C. People rated high in neuroticism were more likely to have successful peer relationships. D. People rated high in extraversion were more likely to have a positive sense of well-being in the future.