The phenomenon in which among the population as a whole, IQ scores have been steadily increasing over several decades is known as the ______
a. Peter principle c. Flynn Effect
b. Barnum Effect d. Phi phenomenon
C
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According to the discussion of medical aspects of AIDS,
a. people usually develop symptoms shortly after being infected with HIV. b. one of the most common early signs of AIDS is unexplained weight gain. c. HIV invades the red blood cells, causing devastating anemia in people who are infected with this virus. d. people who are HIV positive are very contagious during the initial stages of the infection, even if they have no symptoms.
A form of self-fulfilling prophecy, in which a person internalizes the expectations of an authority figure is called
a. the cumulative deficit effect. c. the Pygmalion effect. b. the Flynn effect. d. the positive manifold.
In their study of college students' attributionsof essay writers' beliefs about Fidel Castro,
Jones and Harris found that information about the essay writers' situation a. produced two different attributions. b. caused students to rely on consistency only. c. caused students to rely on distinctiveness only. d. produced only dispositional attributions. e. caused students to rely on consensus only.
A child is awakened during the night, uses the toilet, and receives a sticker and praise from a parent. Later in the week, accumulated stickers may be turned in for a highly desired toy. This child is undergoing:
A) dry-bed training for enuresis. B) dry-bed training for encopresis. C) bell-and-battery therapy for enuresis. D) bell-and-battery therapy for encopresis.