_____ is a procedure which allows us to predict an individual's score on one variable based on knowing one or more other variables
a. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient
b. Coefficient of determination
c. Regression analyses
d. Point-biserial correlation coefficient
c
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Which approach would be most likely to emphasize how other people, especially significant others, influence our behavior?
a. family systems b. existentialist c. behavioral d. cognitive
The observation that a smaller number of infants are shy in contrast to the 40% of shy college students suggests that
a. shyness is an inherited temperament. b. babies are adept at hiding their shyness. c. shyness is mostly consistent over the lifetime of a person. d. adult shyness may reflect inherited and learned influences. e. the experience of college elicits shyness.
John dreams that his newborn son will grow up to become a star football player. He believes that the first step to achieving this dream is to have his son reach his motor development milestones earlier than expected. Which of the following strategies may lead his son to experience slightly earlier development of certain motor skills?
A. Insisting that his son be carried in a tight swaddle rather than a typical stroller for the first six months of his life B. Repeatedly practicing key milestones such as sitting and standing with his son in the month before these skills typically develop. C. Repeatedly practicing key milestones such as sitting and standing with his son starting the first week he is born D. Giving him only toys that are considered masculine during the first six months of his life
Tacrine, donepezil, rivastigmine, and galantamine differ only in their adverseeffect profiles, not in their mechanisms of action
a. True. b. False.