If only college students are used as research participants, what impact does this have on how results may be interpreted?
What will be an ideal response?
Results may lack generality because college students differ from older adults in several ways, e.g., having a less fully formulated sense of self.
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a. Equal numbers of women and men are included in this category. b. This category of behavior is rarely associated with antisocial personality disorder. c. People whose behavior fits this category express their antisocial personality through different problem behaviors at different ages. d. This type of behavior is much more common than adolescence-limited antisocial behavior.
Dionne is trapped in an elevator that is stuck between the third and fourth floors of an office building. As maintenance workers try to restart the elevator, it suddenly drops 10 feet before becoming stuck once more. As the elevator drops, Dionne's sympathetic nervous system is activated. This nervous system activation will cause
a. the adrenal cortex to begin to release large amounts of catecholamines. b. the adrenal medulla to begin to release corticosteroids. c. her amygdala to slow the release of acetylcholine. d. the adrenal medulla to begin to release large amounts of catecholamines.
Which of the following is representative of Sir Francis Galton's perspective on intelligence?
A) Galton believed that intelligence was determined 50% by environment and 50% by genes. B) Galton placed a lot of stock in heredity and believed that genes significantly influenced intelligence. C) Galton was an environmentalist and believed that social factors significantly influenced intelligence. D) Galton believed that intelligence was a trait that changed significantly over time.
The immune system is weakened by continuous secretion of ______
a. saliva c. gastric juices b. serotonin d. cortical steroids