Intelligence tends to be normally distributed, and studies have shown that men and women have the same mean intelligence (IQ) score. However, intelligence scores in women tend to have a smaller range and standard deviation than those in men. Based on this information, which statement is true?
A) The modal score in men is greater than the modal score in women.
B) The modal score in women is greater than the modal score in men.
C) Men are more likely to have extremely low scores.
D) Women are more likely to have extremely high scores.
C) Men are more likely to have extremely low scores.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Chapter 3 discussed the cognitive developmental approach to explain children's acquisition of gender typing. One example of this approach is that
a. parents are likely to praise boys—rather than girls—for their athletic performance. b. children tend to develop schemas, which organize their thoughts about females and males. c. children watch peers, and they are more likely to imitate children of the same gender, rather than children of the other gender. d. sex hormones and other biological factors are especially important in shaping children's gender typing.
"My cousin has many maladaptive thoughts that probably arise from some unconscious thought or conflicts." According to Freud, this cousin experiences:
A. resistance B. conditional positive regard C. neuroses D. cognitive dissonance
Figure-ground relationships concern the tendency to _____
a) perceive objects, or figures, on some background. b) complete figures that are incomplete. c) perceive objects that are close to each other as part of the same grouping. d) perceive things with a continuous pattern rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern.