Longitudinal studies of intelligence reveal that __________.
A. intelligence declines steadily from age 18 to 50
B. intellectual processing shows a very gradual but always increasing trend until death
C. intellectual functioning improves between the ages of 25 and 45
D. adults' intelligence significantly slows around their mid-30s for most people
Answer: D
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Suppose a researcher investigated the judgments of guilt made by jurors in response to attractiveness (attractive vs unattractive) and facial expression (neutral vs smiling). The results indicated a main effect for attractiveness as your only significant finding. This would mean that
a. Attractiveness alone was responsible for juror guilt decisions b. Facial expression alone was responsible for juror guilt decisions c. Both attractiveness and facial expression was responsible for juror guilt decisions d. Nothing; You can never believe main effects in a factorial experiment
If a person reasons that Heinz could solve his moral dilemma by obeying the law, even at the cost of his wife's life, then that person demonstrates
a. preconventional reasoning. c. stage one reasoning. b. postconventional reasoning. d. conventional reasoning.
According to Piaget, which stage of cognitive development is associated with middle childhood?
a. preoperational c. concrete operations b. formal operations d. summative operations
All learning theories rely on the principle that development results from an accumulation of ________
Fill in the blanks with correct word