Tom has the ability to pay attention in class, and screen out all the things that are going on around him. What is this called?

a. outer awareness c. sensory awareness
b. selective attention d. selective observation


B

Psychology

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A) the father's exposure to toxins. B) the mother's exposure to toxins. C) disruptions to early cell divisions in the zygote. D) disturbances after organogenesis is complete.

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If one wanted to spread information outside of a given group, one would want to use someone with:

a. centrifugal tendencies. b. a brokerage position. c. sociality. d. communitarian positions.

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What is the "transmission gap" hypothesis (van IJzendoorn, 1995)?

A) The fact that infants rated as secure in the Strange Situation often do not appear that way during childhood and adolescence. B) The lack of correspondence between attachment ratings derived from the Strange Situation and the Attachment Behavior Q-set. C) The relatively modest associations between parent attachment classifications derived from the Adult Attachment Interview, parent sensitivity, and infant attachment. D) The fact that the percentage of people rated as secure in the United States is not equivalent to what is witnessed in other cultures.

Psychology

What type of tests allows us to say things like “Salina learned 80% of the material she must know to demonstrate proficiency in math

A. population-referenced B. norm-referenced C. criterion-referenced D. sample-referenced

Psychology