When individuals devise actions to reduce the gap between their current point in a problem and the final goal, they are using the problem-solving heuristic known as:
a. working backward
b. means-ends analysis
c. searching for analogies
d. availability
B
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Research findings from the Nurse-Family Partnership, a home visiting program, showed that low-income teenage mothers who participated in the program __________.
A. had fewer premature births but showed no benefits in the child's later development B. showed benefits to the child's later development but did not have fewer premature births C. had fewer premature births and showed benefits to the child's later development D. did not differ in terms of birth outcomes from a matched control group that did not participate in the program
Most researchers describe affect as ____
a. occurring along a single dimension, ranging from negative to positive b. occurring along a single dimension, ranging from weak to strong c. occurring along two separate dimensions – negative and positive d. occurring along two separate dimensions – weak and strong
The heritability estimate for persistent depressive disorder is:
A) moderately high for both males and females. B) moderately high for females but not males. C) moderately high in low socioeconomic groups. D) low and inconsistent.
The rouge test is used to:
a) measure in-group identification b) demonstrate the impact of social identity on behaviour c) test self-awareness in infants d) to measure self-consciousness