One of the most serious psychological problems associated with vision loss is that it leaves older people with
a. tendencies towards irritability.
b. increased feelings of helplessness. c. increased feelings of rejection.
d. tendencies toward stubbornness.
b
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An evolutionary psychologist would focus on which reason as being the primary one for why men are more promiscuous than are women?
A) Men are more reinforced by passing on their genes than are women. B) The biological costs of reproduction are lower for men than they are for women. C) Men are more approach motivated and women are more avoidance motivated by sex. D) The reputational costs of promiscuity are more punishing for women than they are for men.
Although she has never been snowboarding, a girl feels she will not enjoy the sport because she does not like cross-country skiing. She is using the ________ heuristic
a. availability b. anchoring c. representativeness d. framing
Regarding the stability of IQ test scores throughout the lifespan, which is generally assumed to be true?
A) IQ scores in infancy are negatively correlated with IQ scores in adulthood. B) IQ scores in infancy are not strongly correlated with IQ scores in adulthood. C) IQ scores in infancy are strongly correlated with IQ scores in adulthood. D) IQ scores obtained in infancy are relatively stable over time.
Infinite capacity, permanent duration, and semantic code all suggest
(a) sensory memory (b) LTM (c) working memory (d) perceptual differentiation