Overall evaluations toward attitude objects are often difficult to change
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Answer: T
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Kim was adopted as a baby and raised by loving parents in an enriched environment. Studies have shown that ________
a. the intelligence of adopted children is more highly correlated with their biologically unrelated parents than their birth parents. b. for adults, heritability estimates average around .15 to .20. c. the scores of fraternal twins reared together are more highly correlated than the scores of identical twins reared apart. d. as adopted children grow into adulthood, the correlation between their IQ scores and those of their biologically unrelated family members diminishes to zero.
The critical thinking concept of replicability is best demonstrated by which of the following examples?
A) Research has found that there is a relationship between the amount of pain a person can tolerate and the color of their hair, suggesting that having red hair actually causes a decrease in pain tolerance. B) Von Helmholtz repeated and extended the research into the trichromatic theory of color vision he proposed with Thomas Young by examining the colors that color-blind individuals could see. C) There is evidence that color vision allowed animals to easily pick ripe fruit out of a green background, and more recent fossil evidence suggests that trichromatic vision may have enabled primates to find young, reddish, tender leaves that were nutritionally superior. D) People who suffer from synesthesia are unable to successfully complete the Ganzfield task because their cross-modal perception makes the selection of specific shapes impossible.
A blow to Gina's head caused brain damage resulting in a loss of hearing. Which area of the brain was damaged?
a) pons b) hypothalamus c) temporal lobes d) occipital lobes
Your friend Jane is trying to reduce her son Austin's aggressive tendencies. Of the alternatives below, which would you recommend to Jane?
A) Give him a doll to beat on when he's feeling mad. B) Get him involved in an aggressive sport like football. C) Respond quickly and send him to his room every time he aggresses. D) Explain to him that it is wrong to be overly aggressive. E) Have him run up and down the stairs to relieve his aggressive urges.