In 1915, the infant mortality rate in the Unites States was ____; today it is ____
a. 10%; less than1%
b. 20%; 5%
c. 30%; 13%
d. 50%; 20%
a
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Regarding the focus of their therapy, traditional psychoanalysts tend to focus on
a. transference, while client-centered therapists focus on resistance. b. resistance, while client-centered therapists focus on transference. c. unconscious conflicts, while client-centered therapists focus on conscious thoughts and feelings. d. conscious thoughts and feelings, while client-centered therapists focus on unconscious conflicts.
Which of the following statements supports the theory that intelligence is determined in part by genes?
a. The correlation between IQ scores is stronger for fraternal twins than it is for identical twins. b. Diet and lifestyle factors influence intelligence. c. Offspring are more similar to their parents when they grow up with them as opposed to when children are raised apart from their parents. d. Identical twins separated by adoption still have highly correlated IQ scores.
Which of the following will most likely be remembered due to the effects of elaborative rehearsal?
A. A phone number presented as the first notes of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" B. An alphanumeric serial number presented in four segments of five digits C. A shopping list of grocery items mentally repeated at 20-second intervals D. A list of nonsense syllables in which each word was shown in a different color
Fourteen-year-old Michael Rehbein had the left hemisphere of his brain removed to end uncontrollable seizures. His right hemisphere gradually began to reorganize and take over functions that normally occurred in the brain's left hemisphere. This case study is cited in the chapter in order to demonstrate that
A. the brain is both flexible and resilient. B. the brain can adapt and function only when whole. C. the effects of deprived environments on the brain are irreversible. D. myelination varies in different areas of the brain.