Tom and Rob are twins. Tom is gay. According to heritability studies, Rob is more likely to be gay if they are _____________ twins
a. fraternal
b. identical
c. it does not matter, there appears to be no role for genes in sexual orientation
d. dizygotic
B
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Joe takes on his sister's view that all people from "up north" are snobs. Later, Joe learns that his sister's opinion was based on the fact that her boyfriend from "up north" recently dumped her. Yet Joe persists in his belief that people from "up north" are snobby. This best illustrates the ____ effect
a. theory perseverance b. availability heuristic c. false consensus d. false uniqueness
Norma enters a psychiatric hospital. She is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Which type of treatment is most likely to be offered?
a. antipsychotic medication and psychotherapy b. electroshock therapy c. prefrontal lobotomy d. covert sensitization and antidepressant medication
The mean, median, and mode are
a. inferential statistics. b. measures of central tendency. c. measures of variability. d. graphical statistics.
Psychologists have classically conditioned children to like healthful vegetables by pairing new vegetable flavors with the flavor of sugar to produce liking. Specifically, they are using ____
a. ?stimulus discrimination b. ?habituation c. ?extinction d. ?taste preferences