Today's 20-year-olds often have better computer skills than today's 80-year-olds. This may be because computer skills worsen with age, but it is more likely due to

A) a lack of random assignment. B) cohort effects.
C) differential dropout. D) hybrid designs.


B

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a. somewhat stable from age to age. b. related significantly to brain myelination. c. positively correlated with brain weight. d. a good way to screen infants for sensory or neurological problems.

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Which of the following would go along with Erikson's assumptions of identity development?

A. Females are more concerned with work. B. Males are more concerned with family. C. Males are more concerned with relationships. D. Females are more concerned with relationships.

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A tiny electrical current generated in the axon is called a(n)

a. electropotential c. action potential b. ion wave d. resting potential

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Which of the following is a major problem with recovered memories?

A) All psychologists agree that trauma does not cause memories to be repressed. B) Recovery of traumatic memories would have no therapeutic benefit. C) The techniques used to recover memories tend to be the same ones used by researchers to create false memories. D) No one has ever claimed to have successfully recovered a repressed memory.

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