Which statement is true of the study of history, as approached by considering the lives of eminent people?
a. It provides a thorough and comprehensive history of an era.
b. It is uncommon for historians to know who was eminent in the past, so it is difficult to do.
c. It is largely impossible due to changes in zeitgeist.
d. It will be incomplete unless the lives of individuals who are not eminent are also considered.
D
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a. dynamic b. functional c. adaptive d. structural
The problem with using the GRE to determine whether students who have already been admitted to graduate school should be given their degrees is that
a. the criterion validity of the GRE is not well enough established. b. the sample size is too small. c. the causes of performance at the school where this procedure is used might be different than the causes of performance at the schools where the GRE was validated. d. this policy confuses the predictor and the criterion.
Maslow suggested that individuals would only show self-acceptance and strong ethical values when:
a. those around them did not impose conditions of worth b. the superego began to dominate in the personality c. their basic survival needs had been satisfied d. there was no incongruence in their personality
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A) a pro-nurture perspective. B) a pro-nature perspective. C) a belief that genes set limits on cognitive ability. D) a belief that cognitive ability is genetically determined.