One research strategy for investigating childhood memories (in order to check and verify the accuracy of remembered childhood events) is to:
a) investigate participants' pasts to confirm the events they remember
b) ask about salient events that can be easily corroborated by other parties
c) stage events that can be asked about later on
d) there is no way to corroborate any childhood memory.
Answer: b
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The major conclusion to be drawn from Rosenzweig's study of the brains of rats raised in an enriched environment is that:
a. early experience shapes the way in which the brain develops b. genes exert their greatest influence in guiding neural development during the prenatal period c. too much "privilege" can cause the development of selfishness that cannot be undone through later training d. neural development is for the most part determined by genes, and especially by those carried on the sex chromosomes
The cultural expectations for the proper timing of life events, such as getting married or retiring, are called
A. nonnormative sequences. B. temporal schemas. C. age-consciousness. D. the social clock.
What does research suggest about the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous as treatment for substance abuse?
a) Attendance at AA meetings increases abstinence rates. b) AA has no effect on abstinence rates. c) Humanistic therapy has better evidence for effectiveness. d) The findings are inconsistent.