Dan is 44 years old. He always wanted to circumnavigate the world in his sailboat. Dan realizes with all his family and occupational responsibilities this may never happen. Levinson would say Dan is experiencing
a. middle age senescence. c. the troubled 40s.
b. a mid-life upheaval. d. a mid-life transition.
D
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A. Divergent thinking B. Availability heuristic C. Representative heuristic D. Functional fixedness
Currently, brain imaging techniques are used mostly for research, but are being used in the assessment and treatment of
a. dissociative identity disorder b. bulimia c. depression d. Alzheimer's disease
Scarlett is a graduate student who is observing children playing together after watching a film. She knows that some children saw a film that contained graphic scenes of violence and some children saw a non-violent film, but she doesn't know which film each child she is observing watched. In this case, Scarlett is recording data for
a. a double-blind research study. b. a study with two independent variables. c. an unethical research study. d. a correlational study with confounded variables.
Identify a true statement about environmental influences on intelligence
A) Intelligence quotient scores are independent of the styles of parenting. B) Studies support the view that children's early environment is linked to academic achievement. C) Children of parents who encourage dependence and are verbally unresponsive obtain higher intelligence quotient scores. D) The home environment is a predictor of scores on intelligence quotient tests only among children over nine years old.