Most experts view intelligence as a person's
A) ability to perform well on intelligence tests.
B) innate mental capacity.
C) ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and adapt to new situations.
D) diverse skills acquired throughout life.
Answer: C) ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and adapt to new situations.
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Piaget viewed children
a. as blank slates. c. as being shaped by their environments. b. as constructing their own reality. d. as developing based on their genes.
After one frog's heart has been stimulated, an extract of fluid from that heart can make a second frog's heart beat faster. What conclusion did Otto Loewi draw from these results?
A. Transmission at synapses is a chemical event. B. The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are antagonistic. C. Transmission at heart muscle synapses is electrical. D. Hormones facilitate the actions of the nervous system.
For child molesters, the average rate of reconviction is
A. 0.4%. B. 14.8%. C. 20.4%. D. 40.2%.
Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding gender and health?
a) Men are more likely to die after open-heart surgery than women. b) In general, men have higher death rates from all causes than women. c) Lung diseases that are caused by smoking affect men more often than women. d) Women are less likely to seek medical care than men.