If an adopted child is more similar on a particular characteristic to his/her natural parents than to the adoptive parents, we can conclude that:
a. the adoptive parents have tried very hard to raise the child as their own.
b. heredity is solely responsible for who we become.
c. environment is solely responsible for who we become.
d. genetics play a role in the development of that particular characteristic.
D
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Rogers's personality was greatly shaped by his childhood experience of:
a. being greatly influenced by his parents' liberal religious views. b. living by his parents' view of the world rather than his own. c. relishing a position of power as an only child in the family. d. being surrounded by friends at school and play.
If a correlation coefficient has a negative sign, it indicates that:
a. the two factors being measured move in the same direction b. the two factors being measured move in opposite directions c. there is no relationship between the two factors being measured d. there is a significant relationship between the two factors being measured
Which of the following is a condition that encourages attitude change according to research by Aronson and others?
a. Facts and statistics are used to back up the message. b. There are no conclusions drawn by the speakers. c. The message is repeated only once to prevent becoming irritating. d. The message does not create fear or anxiety in the listener.
The statement "If it rains, then there will be no baseball game" is
a. Logically valid and true b. Logically valid and false c. Not logically valid, but true d. Logically valid, and dependent upon the first clause for truth