Herbie and Irene have been married for almost 55 years. Through it all they have remained committed to each other and have been as close as two people can be. Over the years the passion has waned but they still stayed together
Social psychologists would call this type of love ________________.
a) consummate
b) romantic
c) intimate
d) companionate
ANS: D, Companionate love has the components of intimacy and commitment but not passion.
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a. blastula. b. embryo. c. fetus. d. zygote.
Researchers have used Carolyn Rovee-Collier's conjugate reinforcement technique to assess memory during infancy. According to this research,
a. infants show no measurable signs of memory until they are at least 4 months of age. b. if you change the environmental context in which the mobile is presented, infants show much lower retention. c. context apparently does not influence infants' memory. d. unlike adults, infants show no evidence of the spacing effect.
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A) high-achieving. B) impulsive. C) being a perfectionist. D) having a distorted body image.
Rachael is a 14-year-old Latina who has been referred for a personality assessment. Theoretically, which of the following factors may impact the validity of her assessment results?
a. The extent of her exposure to testing situations in the past. b. The racial/ethnic make-up of the individual conducting the assessment. c. The racial/ethnic breakdown of the standardization sample for the test. d. Any of the above may impact the validity of the results.