The difference between the highest and lowest scores is known as the
a. range.
b. average deviation.
c. median.
d. standard deviation.
A
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A group of people in their early 50s is meeting with a developmental specialist to discuss lifestyle changes. The group asks the specialist to summarize the research findings on stability versus change in personality. What should the specialist tell the group?
A. Many middle-aged adults tend to feel young, and in terms of basic personality traits, they perceive important similarities between their present selves and their younger selves. B. Personality does changes from adolescence to adulthood and some of these changes can be quite dramatic, leaving adults to struggle through midlife crises. C. People's basic personality traits do not appear to show continuity over time. D. Personality will change and could become unstable due to aging and illness.
Of the following examples, who is more likely to be successful coping with the stressor?
a. When his landlord decides to terminate the lease, Nathan sees it as an opportunity to start a new adventure. b. When she does not get a job offer after the interview, Laila imagines that all her future interviews will end the same. c. When her girlfriend breaks up with her, Sara believes that she will never have a lasting relationship. d. When he does not receive the promotion at work, Marcus is embarrassed and tries to hide it from everyone.
Jacob has severe epilepsy, so a surgeon cuts through his corpus callosum to prevent seizures from crossing to the other side of Jacob's brain. After surgery, when Jacob sees a picture of a ball in his left visual field, he cannot ____.?
a. ?choose a ball from among several objects with his right hand b. ?spell out “BALL” with letter magnets c. ?make a throwing motion with his right hand d. ?correctly identify the ball in words
Teenage mothers younger than age 16 tend to have
a. devoted, attentive husbands. b. premature deliveries of low-birth-weight babies. c. increased risk that the baby will be born with the Down syndrome chromosomal defect. d. more educational achievement than others their age.