Mark thinks that language development over the life span requires a slow but steady shaping process. His belief is most directly relevant to the issue of
A. continuity or stages.
B. secure or insecure attachments.
C. fluid or crystallized intelligence.
D. cross-sectional or longitudinal studies.
Ans: A. continuity or stages.
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According to the research on spatial abilities,
a. females may receive higher scores if the instructions are related to traditionally "female interests," rather than traditionally "male interests.". b. a major portion of the gender differences in spatial ability is traced to biologically based gender differences. c. although some gender differences in spatial abilities are not consistent, the gender differences in mental rotation have been consistently found throughout the current research. d. the scores for mental rotation are distributed in a bell-shaped curve for both males and females.
What do the text authors say about the kind of willingness to obey authority that Milgram witnessed in his research?
a. Milgram's research seems to have been an anomaly; people are not usually so obedient to authority in any kind of situation. b. Milgram's research seems to have been an anomaly; people usually are quite obedient when it comes to trivial or innocuous orders, but they are almost never so obedient when it comes to dangerous orders. c. People usually are quite obedient to authority, and Milgram's research demonstrates just how dangerous obedience is. d. People usually are quite obedient to authority, but most of the time this obedience has prosocial consequences; the situation that Milgram created in his research is very unique.
An alternate procedure often included in flooding is
a. in vivo desensitization. b. an anxiety hierarchy. c. a competing response. d. response prevention.
Reactive schizophrenia is to __________ as process schizophrenia is to __________
a. negative symptoms; positive symptoms b. early onset; late onset c. brief; chronic d. brain damage; life stress e. delusions; hallucinations