The performance by a defined group on a particular test is called a(n)
a. quartile
b. median.
c. norm.
d. tracking score.
c
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a. the finding that the environment accounts for 70 to 80 percent of intelligence. b. studies showing that children reared by the same mother resemble her IQ to the same degree, whether or not they share her genes. c. studies showing that test tube baby twins have IQs more similar to the surrogate mother than to the natural mother. d. studies demonstrating greater similarity between a child's intelligence and their biological, rather than their adoptive, parents.
Hospitalization can be considered a form of therapy because it
a. motivates clients to work harder to solve their problems. b. makes the use of chemotherapy and immunotherapy possible. c. removes the individual from situations maintaining the problem. d. allows the troubled individual to see that others are likewise troubled.
People who view R-rated violent "slasher" movies later show
A) serious criminal convictions by age 30. B) higher levels of depression. C) less sympathy toward victims of rape. D) higher levels of anxiety.
What most distinguishes early brain development in toddlerhood is ______________
a. the steep increase in the density of synaptic connections among neurons b. increased activity in the amygdala c. the formation of the cerebral cortex d. the production of new brain cells, most notably in the temporal lobe