In the infamous Psychological Bulletin article that reanalyzed studies of college students' reports of sexual contact with adults during childhood, the authors recommended which of the following?
A) All age of consent laws should be abolished and sex with children should be allowed
B) Researchers should not equate the experience of 5-year-old victims with the experiences of 17-yearolds who have sexual contact with adults
C) That age of consent laws should only apply to female victims of child-adult sexual contact, and not with boys
D) Research into the benefits of adolescent-adult contact should be conducted
B
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a. cyclothymic b. seasonal affective c. somatoform d. dissociative
Elle, an adolescent, believes that government should pay for citizens' health care. From this premise, she reasons about the particulars of how and why government-funded health care would work. This is an example of
adolescent egocentrism. intuitive thinking. inductive reasoning. deductive reasoning.
Which of the following forms of coding is described in Müller's doctrine of specific nerve energies?
a. Functional b. Anatomical c. Fractional d. Alchemical
Arthur Jensen's 1969 monograph, "How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement?" was controversial because he argued that
A) test bias largely accounts for ethnic variations in intelligence. B) heredity is largely responsible for individual, ethnic, and SES variations in intelligence. C) the environment is largely responsible for individual, ethnic, and SES variations in intelligence. D) there are no significant individual, ethnic, or SES variations in intelligence.