Compared to people who are not physically attractive, people who are physically beautiful are assumed to be superior on many traits—including intelligence, sexual warmth, and popularity. This assumption is known as the ____
a. Hollywood heuristic
b. "what is beautiful is good" effect
c. social allergy effect
d. beauty factor
B
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Baltes and his colleagues (2006) have suggested that intellectual development in adults should be examined while considering several different factors. They include all EXCEPT which of the following?
a. plasticity b. interindividual variability c. immutability d. multidirectionality
The difference between the histogram of 175 behavior problem scores and a normal distribution is
a. the normal distribution is continuous, while behavior problem scores are discrete. b. the normal distribution is symmetric, while behavior problem scores may not be. c. the ordinate of the normal distribution is density, the ordinate for behavior problems is frequency. d. Each of the previous choices is correct.
Androgenized females are girls who
a. have been exposed prenatally to male hormones. b. are born with only a single X sex-chromosome. c. fail to develop any external genitalia. d. are best characterized as "excessively feminine.".
A biological theorist would attest paraphilias to which factor?
a. Illness b. Higher levels of hormones c. Disturbances of brain structure d. All of these