Which of the following is a possible explanation for the seeming lack of emotion in autistic children?

a. They have no emotions.
b. They lack social understanding.
c. Neurological impairment—they can feel but not show emotions.
d. Immaturity-they will show more as they get older.


Answer: b. They lack social understanding.

Psychology

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d. They imitate the effects of sex-linked genes.

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Which of the following judgments would usually be the highest in heterosexism?

a. Heterosexual men making judgments about gay men. b. Heterosexual men making judgments about lesbian women. c. Heterosexual women making judgments about gay men. d. Heterosexual women making judgments about lesbian women.

Psychology

The recognition measure of retention requires an individual

a. to reproduce information on her own without any cues. b. to select previously learned information from an array of options. c. to predict how well she will perform on a later memory test. d. to memorize information a second time to determine how much time or effort is saved.

Psychology

Lila and Sherin are sitting in their apartment while Sherin practices for her dance recital. "I'm totally going to mess up in my recital tomorrow," Sherin says. The next day, Sherin dances in the recital and makes a noticeable mistake. The mistake in her performance is an example of ________.

a. Dichotic Listening b. Attenuation c. Ignored Inputs d. Filtering Messages e. Attended Inputs

Psychology