Suppose that you were attending a lecture on global warming. In evaluating the integrity of the lecture, which factor would least likely be a peripheral cue?
a. how many people attend the lecture and how many of these ask questions
b. whether the speaker has a Ph.D. and from what institution
c. what the statistics cited by the speaker indicate when comparing year-to-year temperatures
d. how long the lecture lasts in comparison to the question and answer section
C
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a. Human beings are capable of exhibiting great spontaneity, even within the restrictions of law and order. b. With age, Cattell became more pessimistic about our ability to solve social problems. c. Cattell is biased toward free will on the issue of free will versus determinism. d. The experiences and forces of childhood have a permanent effect on personality.
Regarding the use of intelligence tests with different cultures, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Culture-fair intelligence tests have been shown to be entirely free of cultural influences. b. To find a truly culture-fair way to measure intelligence, the core cognitive skills that lie at the heart of human intelligence must be identified. c. Since U.S. children are so visual, they may be better prepared to take both nonverbal tests and traditional IQ tests than children from developing countries. d. Culture-fair tests have been shown to be useful in testing children in the United States who come from poor communities, rural areas, or ethnic minority families.
In those 75 years of age and older in our society, more females die than males among
a. Caucasian Americans b. Hispanic Americans c. African Americans d. all of these e. none of these
According to psychologist Roy Baumeister, ________ arises when a person has not formed an adequate identity and thus has trouble making major decisions.
A. an identity foreclosure B. an identity deficit C. the imagination inflation effect D. the false consensus effect