Julio has run marathons all of his life, and recently has cut back on some of his other activities to increase the time he has for training in order to maintain his running skills. This is an example of
a) activity theory.
b) continuity theory.
c) selective optimization.
d) minimizing theory.
c
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What is the difference between an agonist and an antagonist? a. An agonist produces helpful effects and an antagonist produces harmful effects. b. An agonist produces harmful effects and an antagonist produces helpful effects. c. An agonist decreases synaptic activity and an antagonist increases it
d. An agonist increases synaptic activity and an antagonist decreases it.
Regarding theories of intelligence, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Spearman believed that intelligence consisted of a general factor and other specific abilities. b. Thurstone felt that a general factor of intelligence is sufficient to assess intelligence. c. Thurstone and his wife, Thelma, developed the Primary Mental Abilities Test. d. Gardner rejects the view that there is a single entity called "intelligence.". e. Most standard IQ tests were developed to measure "g.".
African-American attitudes toward death show that they greatly value
a. trust in the medical community b. the writing of living wills c. family support (as shown in recent studies) d. the work of the Tuskegee syphilis experiment e. none of these
In classical conditioning, when the conditioned response is extinguished, but reappears later, the reappearance of the response is called ________
a. higher-order conditioning. b. instinctive drift. c. spontaneous recovery. d. stimulus generalization.