Regarding sleep patterns across the life cycle, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Infants and children spend more time in REM sleep than adults.
b. By late adulthood, many people only require about six hours of sleep per night.
c. Contrary to the common perception, most high school students get the recommended amount of sleep for adolescents.
d. The average American sleeps less per night than the recommended amount.
e. Most adults require between seven and nine hours of sleep for their maximum functioning.
c
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Jerome received a single score as a result of his intelligence test. The fact that only one score was provided suggests that the
a. intelligence tests are probably culturally biased. b. developer of the test views intelligence as consisting of many abilities. c. developer of the test views intelligence as consisting of one general ability. d. developer of the test used a factor analysis procedure to convert subtest scores to one single score.
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a. research on the bystander intervention effect. b. newspaper reports of an assault and murder of a woman. c. the discovery of an altruism gene. d. the finding of altruistic behavior in various animal species.
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