The rising of IQ scores is due to ____
a. more testing
b. rising cost of living
c. medical advances
d. decreased need for manual labor
c
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Sigmund Freud divided human development into ____ stages
a. psychosexual b. psychosocial c. psychobiological d. psychocognitive
Professor Villanueva has developed a new form of therapy that he believes reduces anxiety. He bases his claim on the fact that 63 percent of the people who go through his program show little to no anxiety after treatment
Why might a scientist be skeptical of his claim? a. There is no control group to compare to the people in his program. b. He lacks a well-developed hypothesis. c. Over 30 percent of the people did not improve. d. The professor conducted an experiment when he should have done a laboratory observation.
Which would a phrenologist MOST likely have done?
A. assessed personality by feeling for bumps and indentations on the head B. criticized the validity and reliability of personality disorders in DSM C. treated personality disorders using didactic behavioral therapy D. argues that personality disorders should not be categorized according to symptom
An alien from outer space was just captured. Scientists take turns examining the creature. At a press conference, one of the scientists reports that the alien can hear frequencies between 10,000 and 30,000 Hz. How does the alien's ability to detect sound compare to a human being's ability?
A. The alien and humans detect the same frequencies. B. Humans can detect higher frequencies than the alien. C. The alien can detect higher frequencies, but its hearing is not as acute at lower frequencies. D. Humans can detect higher frequencies; however, the alien detects lower frequencies better than humans.