The conclusion from research with adults who, as children, were treated with psychostimulants for ADHD is that these individuals are likely to
a. show no significant behavioral differences when compared with adults who were not diagnosed as ADHD during childhood
b. display more social skills and self-esteem than adults who were diagnosed with ADHD as children but did not receive psychostimulant treatment
c. exhibit greater risk for abusing psychostimulants than adults who were diagnosed with ADHD as children but did not receive psychostimulant treatment
d. all of the above
b
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a. encoding specificity b. the generation effect c. emotion-induced memory d. recognition enhancement
In the early 1990's, a study was published claiming that listening to the music of Mozart enhanced cognitive functioning. What have subsequent studies found about the impact of technology in promoting cognitive development in children?
a) Many studies have concluded that educational media products have no effect on infants’ cognitive development. b) Many studies have concluded that educational media products have an effect on infants’ cognitive development. c) There have been conflicting findings in studies regarding the effect on infants’ cognitive development. d) Many studies have concluded that educational media products have a large effect on infants’ cognitive development but no effect on that of toddlers and preschoolers.
Both you and your friend are late for a meeting. How would the attribution theory predict your behavior and your friend's?
What will be an ideal response?
According to Plomin et al. (2001), ________ is a statistic that refers to the proportion of variance in a group of individuals that can be accounted for by genetic variance.
A. genome B. heritability C. phenotypic variance D. eugenics