Sandra, age 27 years, was a participant in the High/Scope Perry Preschool Project, randomly assigned to the control group. Based on the findings of this longitudinal study, and compared to children in the intervention group, it is likely that she
a. spent more time in special education in elementary school
b. had comparable achievement test scores in high school
c. had lower IQ scores from the beginning of the project
d. earns a lower income
A
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Claudia wants to send a fragile vase to her parents for their anniversary, but she can't find any appropriate packing material in her house. She decides to pop some popcorn and use that to pack around the vase. In this case, Claudia has
a. demonstrated functional fixedness in solving her problem. b. effectively utilized the availability heuristic in solving her problem. c. overcome functional fixedness in solving her problem. d. utilized an elimination-by-aspects strategy to solve her problem.
While coloring with other children, Sarah begins to use her crayons to mess up the other children's pictures. Sarah is removed from the table for a brief period of time, and can only watch the other children coloring. In which punishment procedure does the individual remain in the room, but is removed from access to positive reinforcers?
a. exclusionary time-out b. nonexclusionary time-out c. negative reinforcement d. response cost
The finding that we're more positively predisposed toward people, places, or things that resemble us is called
A) adaptive gullibility. B) the recognition heuristic. C) the implicit egotism effect. D) self-justification.
Al is having difficulty controlling his appetite; he has added more than 100 pounds in three months. After extensive testing at University Hospital, specialists concluded that Al's problem is the result of a brain tumor
Which part of the brain is the likely location of the tumor? a) thalamus b) hippocampus c) hypothalamus d) corpus callosum