One study found that placing poor African-American children into European-American adoptive families resulted in
a. no change in their IQ scores or their emotional adjustment.
b. a 13-point decrease in their IQ scores.
c. a 13-point increase in their IQ scores.
d. the children being better adjusted but with no change in their IQ scores.
C
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Dylan is interested in finding out how sensitive his roommate is to sound. While he is watching TV, Dylan gradually turns up the volume on his stereo. Over the course of several days, Dylan does this a number of times and each time records the volume at which his roommate complains. This experiment may be considered a study of _____, and the dependent variable is the volume _____.
A) psychometrics; at which the roommate complains B) psychometrics; on the stereo C) psychophysics; at which the roommate complains D) psychophysics; on the stereo
A dog's ears are __________ relative to its tail.
A. rostral B. caudal C. dorsal D. ventral
Psychologists should only study observable, measurable behavior, according to ______
a. Freud b. Titchener c. Kohler d. Watson
Which statement about changes in children's autobiographical memories is true?
A. Older children begin to use more generic, nondescript reports. B. With age, preschoolers increasingly include subjective information in their autobiographical memories. C. Older children's autobiographical memories contain the same information as their semantic memories. D. Younger children are more likely to explain an event's personal significance.