Given that mechanical aptitude is a stable characteristic, scores of a given person on
a mechanical aptitude test taken at different periods of time should
a) be similar
b) be different
c) be exactly the same
d) change due to experience
A
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Cognitive psychologist Lera Boroditsky has reported that aboriginal children from Cape York, Australia, can accurately point to any compass direction as early as age five. In contrast, most Americans cannot do this even as adults. Boroditsky believes this is due to the a. aboriginal children of Cape York developing a more refined kinesthetic imagery than the children in America. b. aboriginal
children of Cape York using more synaesthesia in their everyday problem-solving as compared to American children. c. tendency of the aboriginal children from Cape York to use heuristics in problem solving, while the American children tend to use algorithms for problem solving. d. exclusive use of absolute directional references in the language spoken by the aboriginals of Cape York as opposed to the use of relative directional references by Americans.
_____ refers to the purpose for or psychological cause of an action.
A) Emotion B) Motivation C) Expression D) Cognition
If a researcher uses a convenience sample of college students in a research project,
a. confidence in generalizing the results to other populations is likely to be high. b. internal validity is likely to be low. c. extraneous variables cannot be controlled. d. external validity will be high for some variables, but low for others.
A form of therapy that reduces the frequency of undesired behavior by pairing an unpleasant stimulus with undesired behavior is called _________________________ conditioning.
A. negative B. positive C. aversive D. systematic desensitization