Mary's physician is trying to test her visual perception. She shows six-month old Mary a picture of a boat until Mary no longer pays any attention to it
Then she shows Mary a picture of a house and immediately Mary begins to stare at the picture in entranced curiosity. Mary's physician was using the _______________ to test her visual perception.
a. habituation technique
b. longitudinal technique
c. attention-span technique
d. novelty technique
a
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When lawyers for Dan White, murderer of two San Francisco government officials, argued that his behavior was partially due to a diet of junk food, which legal concept was being used?
a. involuntary commitment b. incompetence to stand trial c. diminished capacity d. least restrictive environment
The tendency to look for supportive evidence rather than actively seeking out contradictory evidence is known as
a. the availability heuristic. b. belief perseverance. c. the confirmation bias. d. the hindsight bias. e. the emotional bias.
Nonnormative influences are
A) social and cultural factors present at a particular time for a particular individual. B) biological and environmental influences associated with a particular historical moment. C) specific, atypical events that occur in a particular person's life at a time when such events do not happen to most adolescents. D) biological and environmental influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age group, regardless of when or where they were raised.
Which statement concerning gender differences and school achievement differences is most accurate?
a. Girls achieve higher grades than boys do. b. Boys are less likely to have learning disabilities. c. Girls are more likely to drop out of school. d. Boys are less likely to be held back a grade.