Which of the following reflects the general trends in neuroticism and conscientiousness across adulthood?
a. Neuroticism decreases and conscientiousness increases.
b. Neuroticism increases and conscientiousness decreases.
c. Neuroticism decreases and conscientiousness decreases.
d. Neuroticism increases and conscientiousness increases.
Answer: A
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A. The brains of children have built-in exemplars of concepts and objects. B. Children have brains that are already set up to quickly store things into categories. C. Children use heuristics to learn concepts and objects. D. The brains of children tend to ignore algorithms that can slow down learning, as is seen in adults.
Regarding accommodation, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Accommodation is a monocular depth cue. b. Beyond four feet, accommodation has limited value. c. Accommodation involves the bending of the lens to focus on nearby objects. d. Accommodation is an important depth cue in driving a car or catching a ball.
A property of measurement in which assigning a score of zero indicates an absence of the variable being measured is _____
a. identity b. magnitude c. equal unit size d. absolute zero
Arnie studies the phenomenon of school bullying. He purports that children are aggressive because it is a tendency that has survived through successive generations. Arnie is supporting the __________ theory of aggression.
A. evolutionary B. Freudian C. excitation transfer D. Gestalt