Why is it difficult for any questionnaire to measure stress?
a. Sometimes a desirable event such as getting a new job can be stressful.
b. Some events are more likely to be stressful than other events are
c. Some stressful events are more common than others are.
d. A given event can be more stressful to some people than to others.
d
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Which of the following was NOT an advantage of repeated measures designs discussed in the text?
a. It allows us to avoid problems associated with variability from subject to subject. b. It helps to control for extraneous variables. c. It is easier to calculate the statistics. d. It requires fewer subjects that other designs.
Based on the information in Chapter 13, you could predict that elderly people would typically recall the most information on
a. an explicit-memory task in the morning. b. an explicit-memory task in the late afternoon. c. an implicit-memory task in the morning. d. an implicit-memory task in the late afternoon.
Abraham Maslow makes an important distinction between _______ motivation and _______ motivation.
a. conscious; unconscious b. self-directed; other-directed c. deficiency; growth d. egocentric; altruistic
SIDS is almost unknown in cultures ______________
a. where babies sleep in cribs in a separate room from their parents b. where infants and children sleep on soft mattresses c. where cosleeping is the norm d. where most mothers do not breastfeed their babies