Which of the following would most intelligence researchers agree with?
A. Changes in environment can alter IQ scores significantly.
B. A handful of specific genes can be identified as the core determinants of IQ.
C. Genetic endowment has largely been debunked as an influence on intelligence.
D. Genetics are the dominant influence on IQ scores.
Answer: A
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a. ?reinforcement b. ?knowledge c. ?two or more unconditioned responses d. ?S-R connections e. ?reinforcements and S-R connections
Greg is watching television when a beer commercial comes on that he has seen many times. In this commercial, a boy goes to a cool party, sees an attractive girl, flashes his favorite beer, and gets the girl. A year later, a friend asks Greg where he met his girlfriend, and he relates a scenario very similar to the beer commercial, although his girlfriend does not remember any alcoholic beverages
being served at this small "party" where they met. According to Jesse Shapiro, Greg's creation of a "memory" that never really happened occurred because advertisers were able to a. "prime" his implicit memories. b. "jam" his memories. c. create the serial position effect. d. elicit semantic memories rather than episodic ones.
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a. computer-mediated communication c. cross-cultural communication b. nonverbal communication d. sexual communication
What is a type of learning in which a solution to a problem appears suddenly, usually after a period of time has passed since the problem was first presented?
a. insight learning b. one-trial learning c. immediate learning d. instrumental learning