A study of expert and novice 10-year-old soccer players is conducted over 6 weeks. Findings reveal that at the end of the season, game performance improved
If this study is similar to one by French and Thomas (1987) about basketball game play, the primary contributor to improvement would be
A. physical growth of the players
B. players' ability to make more appropriate cognitive decisions during the game
C. soccer skill execution
D. coaching strategies employed
B
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Nosek and his coauthors used the Implicit Association Test to measure people's gender stereotypes. Their research showed that people
a. have strong implicit gender stereotypes because their ratings for males and females were very different from each other. b. have weak implicit gender stereotypes because their ratings for males and females were very similar to each other. c. have strong implicit gender stereotypes because they responded relatively quickly when the pairings were consistent with stereotypes (e.g., males were paired with math); they responded slowly when the pairings were inconsistent (e.g. females were paired with math). d. have weak implicit gender stereotypes because they responded quickly when the pairings were inconsistent with stereotypes (e.g., females were paired with math); they responded equally quickly when the pairings were consistent (e.g., males were paired with math).
John Bowlby viewed infant behaviors such as crying, smiling, and clinging as
a. reflexes and non-meaningful. b. essential to the infant's survival. c. indicators of separation anxiety. d. having different meanings depending upon whether the infant was a girl or boy.
One of the most likely reasons for the typical developmental path for crystallized intelligence is that a. practice tends to improve performance
b. inherited skills tend to remain steady across the life span. c. neuron pruning leads to a significant reduction in mental flexibility. d. modern nutrition is better today than at any point in history.
Parents who spend a great deal of time and money trying to find the best school for their children are emphasizing the importance of:
nurture. the zone of proximal development. nature. operant conditioning.