Intelligence has a heritability coefficient of about .5 which means
a. about 50% of an individual's intelligence is due to heredity.
b. about 50% of the differences in intelligence between people is due to heredity.
c. about 50% of an individual's intelligence is due to environmental factors.
d. about 50% of the differences in intelligence between people is unable to be measured.
b
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Because a driver's license exam includes a vision test, people with poor vision get low scores. Is the test therefore biased against people with visual impairments?
a. Yes, because people with visual impairments get lower scores than others. b. Yes, because people with visual impairments know the driving laws as well as others do. c. No, because the scores are consistent from one year to the next. d. No, because the scores accurately predict who will and will not be a good driver.
An act of suicide committed by a clinically depressed patient would be supported by
a. people who adopt a quality-of-life philosophy. b. people who adopt a sanctity-of-life philosophy. c. people who favor passive euthanasia. d. people who favor active euthanasia. e. none of the above.
Which social condition appears to foster maltreatment of children?
A. Fragile-X syndrome B. Poverty C. Alcoholism D. ADHD
Studies show that older adults are more likely to avoid negative stimuli, which is known as
A. avoidant-denial strategy. B. problem solving. C. decision making. D. positivity bias.