Which of the following statements is true about savant syndrome?
A. It cannot occur in individuals who have low intelligence.
B. It is marked by an intelligence quotient (IQ) score of 150.
C. It is the most common mental disorder in older adults.
D. It involves skills or abilities that cannot be learned or taught.
Answer: D
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A. absolute threshold B. subliminal stimulus C. difference threshold D. principle of closure
Provide 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of group behavioral skills training
What will be an ideal response?
When people show the actor-observer effect, they:
a. attribute their own behavior to internal factors but the behavior of others to external factors b. take credit for their successes but blame others for their failures c. attribute their own behavior to external factors but the behavior of others to internal factors d. overestimate the role of the situation when people succeed on difficult tasks
Dr. Kwan's hypothesizes that allowing factory employees to listen to music while working will improve productivity. After conducting the experiment,
Dr. Kwan finds that the group of participants who were allowed to listen to music was more productive than the group who did not, but this difference was not statistically significant. What should Dr. Kwan conclude about the difference between the two groups? A) It supports his hypothesis. B) He is likely to find the same effect if he replicated the study. C) There is an unacceptable chance that the difference is due to random chance. D) The experiment was biased.