Describe current trends in the values of college students in regard to societal welfare, life philosophy, and participation in community-service programs.
What will be an ideal response?
There are some signs that U.S. college students are shifting toward a stronger interest in the welfare of society. Interest in developing a meaningful philosophy of life increased. More college students said that the chances were very good that they would participate in volunteer or community-service programs.
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Which fact does NOT support the idea that the amount of information that can be stored in short-term memory (STM) is determined by the number of chunks?
A) Organizing digits into larger numbers allows people to remember more digits at one time. B) There is a limit to the number of units of information that can be stored in STM at one time. C) Chunking can increase the amount of information people can place in STM. D) Individuals can remember more words from a list of single-syllable words than they can from a list of four- or five-syllable words.
Which of the following is true about gender and cognitive abilities during adolescence?
a. Females score higher on overall intelligence measures. b. Males score higher on overall intelligence measures. c. Males score higher on tests of visual-spatial ability. d. Females are somewhat superior in mathematical.
Compared with younger children, adolescents view matters of personal choice as
A) subject to authoritarian control. B) the province of the individual. C) less important than social obligation. D) a means of rebellion.
Kinsey and his colleagues found that by the time children were 13,
A) most quit masturbating, only to resume the activity in adolescence. B) 45% of males and 15% of females had masturbated. C) 80% of males and 60% of females had masturbated. D) equal numbers of males and females had masturbated.