If a particular trait is highly heritable, we would expect to see the highest concordance rates among:
a. identical twins
b. fraternal twins
c. parents and children
d. unrelated individuals of the same age
a
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Binocular depth cues:
a. require input from only one eye b. require input from both eyes c. rely on top-down theory d. rely on bottom-up theory
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Although the just-noticeable difference is known to be a fixed quantity, the actual value of this quantity is different for each sense. 2. You can easily tell the difference between 1 and 2 kg, but not 100 and 101 kg, illustrating Weber's law. 3. You can easily tell the difference between 1 and 2 kg, but not 100 and 101 kg, illustrating an absolute threshold for perceiving differences in weight. 4. Signal detection accounts of perception assume the existence of thresholds. 5. Radiologists attempting to determine if a growth is cancerous probably will adopt a liberal decision criterion.
You are a prosecutor preparing a case. The facts of the case support a charge of either capital murder or first- degree murder, but you are not sure how you feel about the morality of the death penalty. You have asked for opinions from other prosecutors in your office. Mary comes to your office and argues in favor of charging capital murder. She believes that capital punishment is just a proportional punishment. Mary's point of view reflects which ethical system?
A. Utilitarianism B. Ethics of care C. Teleological ethics D. Ethical formalism
Superstitious conditioning refers to:
A) lay people's erroneous assumptions about luck and fate B) bits of folk wisdom that people are rewarded for expressing C) the false conditioning of random behaviors D) a learned aversion toward situations people don't understand