A psychologist gets people's scores on many tests of intellectual performance and determines the correlations among them. It appears she is probably testing which of these theories?
a. The Flynn effect
b. Spearman's g factor
c. The role of genetics in intelligence
d. Chomsky's language acquisition device
b
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Binocular depth cues:
a. require input from only one eye b. require input from both eyes c. rely on top-down theory d. rely on bottom-up theory
Nori has always done well in her math courses, and even though she has never taken a linear algebra course before, she is confident she will do well in the linear algebra course she has signed up for next semester. In this instance, Nori shows evidence of:
a. having high self-efficacy in mathematics b. having low self-efficacy in mathematics c. having an external locus of control d. having an internal locus of control
Surgery on fingers for an individual with syndactyly would likely result in what?
A. changes in the somatosensory area B. changes in temporal lobe circuit pruning C. topographical reorganization in the frontal lobes D. altered hormone release by the hypothalamus
Julie asks students to rate their freshman experience on a nine-point scale (1 = extremely unpleasant; 9 = extremely pleasant). Julie is using a(n) ________ self-report measure
a. limited b. open-ended c. forced-choice d. fixed-choice