Which of the following is an example of a sensitive period in human development?
A. A 35-year-old woman meets with an accident and loses both her limbs in the accident.
B. A 25-year-old grows to be 6 feet tall.
C. A 55-year-old man loses his parents in a plane crash.
D. A 15-month-old child is given the third dose of polio vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis.
Answer: D
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The intelligence test developed by Binet and Simon (1904) was specifically designed to
a. measure the intelligence quotient (IQ) of adults. b. identify gifted children. c. predict which high school students would be successful in college. d. determine which school children were likely to be slow learners.
Terry, after reading about the correlation between job performance and IQ scores, says to Randy, "There is a positive correlation in the .30 to .50 range between job performance and IQ. Since you're intelligent, you'll be successful in your career." What should Randy's educated response be?
A. "There is no research studying those two variables." B. "The correlation is more like .50 to .60." C. "There is no positive correlation between job performance and IQ!" D. "You can't predict my specific personal job performance from my specific IQ."
Sigmund Freud believed that certain experiences are so painful and threatening that they are barred from consciousness. These speculations were part of his development of a theory of
a. nonconscious processes. b. preconscious memories. c. unattended information. d. the unconscious.
Which term refers to the X-shaped structure that sits below the brain’s ventral surface and represents the merging of the optic nerves from both eyes?
a. Fovea b. Iris c. Lens d. Optic chiasm