What is a common criticism of learning approaches to human development?
a. Placing too little emphasis on genetic factors
b. Failing to account for the fact that experiences appear to affect behavior
c. Placing too much emphasis on unconscious factors
d. Failing to describe any types of consequences that influence development
a
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What is a likely hypothesis for why many people have become obese in recent decades?
a. Portion sizes have been increasing b. Mental illness has become more prevalent. c. More people are eating alone. d. People have been eating vegetables that were not available earlier.
According to Freud, personality develops through a series of psychosexual stages. The last stage is called the __________ stage.
A. latency B. anal C. genital D. phallic
There exists evidence that among people at high genetic risk, those who grow up in homes characterized by interpersonal distress, devaluation, etc., are ________
a. At lesser risk of manifesting schizophrenia b. At equal risk of manifesting schizophrenia, but with a later onset. c. At equal risk of manifesting schizophrenia d. At much higher risk of manifesting schizophrenia
Bahatamy Academy has an outrageously intelligent student body. In a recent evaluation of all the high schools in the state, Bahatamy Academy received a z-score of +3 for its corresponding sample mean of SAT scores. With a population mean of 500 and a standard deviation (standard error) of 200 for the sampling distribution, what was Bahatamy's sample mean?
a. 560 c. 1,100 b. 1,560 d. 900