Anxiety and poor performance on a test of cognitive ability by an adolescent belonging to certain ethnic minorities can occur if there is an existing assumption of poor performance on such tests within society. This phenomenon is called ____________
a. ethnic bias
b. a conditioned response
c. prejudice
d. stereotype threat
Answer: D
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Dorothea Dix __________.
A. urged that religious conversion should be a primary means of treatment for the mentally disturbed B. was a major impediment to the mental hygiene movement in the United States C. was a leading force in the emphasis on finding biological cures for mental disorders D. is credited with establishing numerous humane mental hospitals in at least 20 states
Saccadic movements are
a. the miniature eye movements our eyes make when they are attempting to identify the features of the individual letters in a word. b. the very rapid movements of the eye from one location to another. c. the eye movements made to change our focus from a distant object to a nearby object. d. eye movements made only when we are asleep; they accompany dreams.
Docility is to proactivity as a. social is to cognitive
b. extrovert is to introvert. c. maximum comfort is to maximum performance. d. situational control is to self-control.
What has been demonstrated about gender differences in wisdom?
A. Men who were wise tend to follow a more cognitive orientation. B. Younger men had the highest level of affective wisdom. C. Women who were wise tend to follow a more cognitive orientation. D. Younger women had the lowest level of affective wisdom.