Regarding growth problems, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Growth disorders, such as dwarfism, giantism, and acromegaly result from over- or undersecretion of the pineal gland.
b. Individuals with hypopituitary dwarfism are perfectly proportioned, but tiny.
c. Regular injections of growth hormone can raise a hypopituitary child's height by several inches, usually to the short side of average.
d. Acromegaly produces prominent facial features, which some people have used as a basis for careers as character actors and wrestlers.
A
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a. System 1 thinking b. System 2 thinking c. The availability heuristic d. The representativeness heuristic
In a research study by Jordan et al., (2009), children from lower income homes progressed more slowly in math than their more affluent peers. This was attributed to
a. their SES. b. poor nutrition. c. general lack of cognitive ability. d. lack of whole number skills.
In the lexical decision task, participants are asked to
A. separate a sentence into individual words. B. decide which meaning of an ambiguous sentence is correct in a specific situation. C. identify words that are contained in sentences. D. decide whether a string of letters is a word or a nonword.
According to dual-process theory, which function would NOT be processed by the "fast" System 1?
A) identifying the correct answer to challenging multiple-choice questions on an exam B) reading the words to multiple-choice questions on an exam C) walking to class while preoccupied with an exam D) writing your name on an exam