, a business-owner, sought the help of a friend to find out which employees were likely to be loyal and honest if hired. The friend examined the bumps on the heads of all applicants and gave Sam a list of the employees he should hire. Sam's friend is a
a. sociologist
b. alchemist
c. psychiatrist
d. phrenologist
Answer: d
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A. forensic psychology B. neuropathic aggression C. developmental psychology D. behavioral endocrinology
IQ tests are constructed so that scores are normally distributed, with the average score at any age being 100, with a standard deviation of
a. -5 c. 15 b. -15 d. 30
Intonation involves:
a. rising and falling speech patterns. b. the repetition of consonants and vowels. c. repeating what has been heard. d. babbling sounds from all possible languages.
You meet a researcher who says they are studying how the hippocampus, a part of the brain in the temporal lobe, is involved in memory for events. This researcher is most likely a
A. cognitive neuroscientist. B. behaviorist. C. functionalist. D. psychoanalyst.