Which of the following measures is shown to be effective at reducing crime?
a. intensive police patrols of crime "hot spots"
b. neighborhood watch programs
c. arresting juveniles for minor offenses
d. longer prison sentences
Answer: a
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A recent strategy of the nuclear power industry has been to
a. increase public participation in the licensing process of new reactors. b. improve emergency evacuation plans for reactor sites. c. convince the public that it isn't necessary to build an inherently safe reactor. d. absorb the cost of developing safer reactors.
Memory for implicit material reveals that, in general, age differences are
A. greater for explicit memory relative to implicit memory. B. smaller for explicit memory relative to implicit memory. C. are similar to that for explicit memory. D. only found on perceptual tasks.
Which of the following was true for the test for differences in average income by gender reported in the text?
a. The information on income came from the U.S. Bureau of the Census. b. The income of males, on the average, was almost twice that of females. c. The test compared only people who worked full time. d. The test compared only people who had a least a high school education.
Which of the following studies uncover only net changes?
a. Cohort and trend studies b. Trend and panel studies c. Cohort and panel studies d. Cohort and cross-sectional studies e. Trend and cross-sectional studies