Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon addressed practical educational concerns by
A) launching the normative approach.
B) constructing the first intelligence test.
C) writing the first parenting books.
D) conducting child observations and parent interviews.
B
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Which characteristic is typical of a happy marriage?
A. Partners show affection and communicate equally about negative and positive aspects of one another. B. Partners establish early in the marriage the dominant and inferior statuses of the partners. C. Partners perceive themselves as co-dependent rather than interdependent entities. D. Partners have social homogamy and share leisure activities, role preferences, and similar interests.
In the 1960s and 1970s, many attempts were made to teach chimps sign language. Which statement would Chomsky most likely agree with concerning nonhuman acquisition of language?
a. ?Nonhumans cannot have language because only humans have a built-in universal grammar. b. ?Nonhumans can develop language if exposed to motherese. c. ?Nonhumans can learn language through imitation. d. ?Nonhumans cannot develop language once they are past the critical period.
Jared found that after he got people to sign a petition to help beautify the neighborhood, he was able to collect quite a lot of money when he later went around asking for donations to buy trees and flowers. Jared may not realize it, but he used the ______ approach to obtain compliance to his donation request
a. diffusion of responsibility
b. foot-in-the-door
c. an expressive crowd
d. deindividuation.
e. actor-observer bias.
For most characteristics,
a. males are more variable than females. b. females are more variable than males. c. there appears to be no significant difference between males and females. d. males show more stability than females.