Pierre Laplace introduced the idea of the “law of _____” which proposed that in a normal, bell-shaped distribution of scores the deviation from the average was the spread of scores away from what Quetelet had called the average man or “nature’s ideal.”
a. variability
b. variation
c. error
d. deviations
Answer: c. error
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Sex education programs
a. have been shown to increase teen pregnancy rates. b. cause a decline in the use of contraceptives. c. work better in the United States than in other countries. d. have shown some success in reducing sexual activity and increasing contraceptive use.
The data from this study support the extended real-life hypothesis. Based on this conclusion, which of the following trends must be true of the data collected?
A. The observer ratings matched the profile owners' paper-based results more than the description of what they would ideally like to be. B. The profile owners' description of what they would ideally like to be did not match their paper-based results. C. The observer ratings matched the profile owners' descriptions of what they would ideally like to be more than their paper-based results. D. The profile owners' descriptions of what they would ideally like to be matched their paper-based results.
Often during middle school, academic achievement increases and behavioral problems decrease
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
History-graded influences are
A) social and cultural factors present at a particular time for a particular individual. B) specific, atypical events that occur in a particular person's life at a time when such events do not happen to most adolescents. C) biological and environmental influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age group, regardless of when or where they were raised. D) biological and environmental influences associated with a particular historical moment.