Research on perceptual sensitivity has shown that people
a. are more likely to recognize the faces of people from their own race.
b. are more likely to recognize the faces of people from a different race.
c. are equally likely to recognize faces of people from any race or their own.
d. have more difficulty recognizing faces if they use only one eye.
ANSWER: a
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a. A-B-A-B b. multiple-baseline c. changing-criterion d. alternating-treatments
What are statements or behaviors that invalidate a target's feelings?
A. microinsults B. microinvalidations C. escalation of aggression effect D. microasaults
At about eighteen months of age, children show a virtual explosion in the acquisition of new words. This explosion is called
a. the nominal dynamic. c. early language absorption. b. the verbal dynamic explosion. d. the vocabulary spurt.
Which statement describes a theory used to explain why the crime rate for adolescents and young adults is so dramatically high in comparison to other groups?
A. Adolescence and young adulthood is a time in which one seeks independence from parents and is reinforced by their peers to commit various crimes. B. From a biological perspective, one's genetic code begins to unfold during adolescence, and this predisposes the individual to commit crimes. C. Since the crime rate is much higher for males, it is believed that testosterone triggers criminal behaviors during adolescence and young adulthood. D. Adolescents and young adults are negatively influenced by media violence, and this in turn causes them to commit crimes.