A study on the development of wisdom in young and elderly women by Staudinger, Smith, and Baltes (2001) found that
a. wisdom is quite common in old age.
b. expertise is a better predictor of wisdom than age.
c. age predicts wisdom.
d. life experiences have little to do with the expression of wisdom.
b
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Cognitive psychologists view organizational abilities as ____ whereas behaviorists do not.?
a. ?innate b. ?haphazard c. ?organized d. ?learned e. ?None of the choices are correct.
Connie believes that she has severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) because she has been coughing and sneezing for the past few days. However, Connie fails to realize that if she truly had SARS, she would be exhibiting several other symptoms as well. Connie seems to be ____.?
a. ?exhibiting functional fixedness b. ?ignoring negative evidence c. ?considering multiple hypotheses d. ?using the anchoring heuristic
Children's use of math strategies that increase in complexity have been associated with improvements in all of the following except
a. their basic cognitive abilities. c. their metacognition. b. their working memories. d. their speed of processing.
Women often deal with stressful situations by coming together in groups, such as establishing a childcare coop for women to poor to afford daycare. Which best describes this behavior?
A. fight B. flight C. freeze D. tend and befriend