Across childhood and adolescence, research suggests that
A. girls are likely to be more aggressive than boys.
B. boys are better at reading and writing than girls.
C. females engage in more prosocial behavior than males do.
D. males engage in more prosocial behavior than females do.
Answer: C
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a. phenotype b. homotype c. heterotype d. allelotype
One way that functional fixedness and mental set are similar to each other is that
a. Both emphasize our reliance on bottom-up processing. b. Both show that we rely too heavily on a strategy that is typically useful. c. Both show that we tend to emphasize the positive, rather than the negative. d. Both emphasize our inability to use situated learning effectively.
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A. Yes, because teenagers usually need about twice as much time as adults to react to stimuli. B. Yes, because teenagers need about 30 seconds longer than adults to react to stimuli. C. No, because teenagers can react to stimuli just as quickly as adults. D. No, because teenagers usually react to stimuli twice as fast as adults.
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a. increase; decreasing b. decrease; increasing c. decrease; constant d. increase; constant