In athletic events, home advantage can turn into home field disadvantage when
a. the fans of the home team become apathetic and are not fully supportive of their team.
b. the visiting team, aroused by the odds against them in hostile surroundings, performs far beyond its normal capability.
c. the pressure to win becomes too great, causing players to perform below their level of expertise.
d. the home team becomes overconfident when they play on home turf, causing players to perform below their potential.
c. the pressure to win becomes too great, causing players to perform below their level of expertise.
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Support for the environmentalist viewpoint of intelligence comes from
a. the finding that the environment accounts for 70 to 80 percent of intelligence. b. studies showing that children reared by the same mother resemble her IQ to the same degree, whether or not they share her genes. c. studies showing that test tube baby twins have IQs more similar to the surrogate mother than to the natural mother. d. studies demonstrating greater similarity between a child's intelligence and their biological, rather than their adoptive, parents.
Jed is participating in an exercise in which he will expand his confidence in others by allowing himself to be led around while blindfolded. Jed is participating in a
a. therapeutic alliance exercise as part of a large group awareness training. b. trust walk as part of a sensitivity group. c. role reversal as part of an encounter group. d. psychodrama as part of a Gestalt therapy group.
Romantic relationships during adolescence
a. are associated with higher self-confidence and self-esteem. b. tend to begin at the same age in all ethnic groups. c. usually involve being part of a well-defined couple when they first begin. d. involve sexual exploration but not friendship, trust, or support.
In brief, heterogamy is the way to describe partners who are
a. in plural committed relationships. b. both monogamous and heterosexual. c. both unfaithful and heterosexual. d. dissimilar in some way, such as race, age, or religions.