Chemicals that retard behavior and thinking by either speeding up or slowing down nerve impulses are known as _______
a. stimulants
b. depressants
c. hallucinogens
d. inhalants
b
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If a politician wants to create favorable public attitudes concerning a controversial issue that he or she supports, the politician should
a. make an appeal to the public's intellect rather than to its emotions. b. present multiple courses of action that would be beneficial. c. back up his or her messages with facts and statistics. d. do none of these.
Piaget's stages of cognitive development are, in order of increasing age:
a. sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational. b. sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational, preoperational. c. preoperational, operational, post operational, formal operational. d. assimilation, adaptation, accommodation.
Three factors associated with psychological hardiness are:
a) denial, social support, and emotion-focused coping. b) health, wealth, and creativity. c) exercise, diet, and regular check-ups. d) commitment, control, and challenge.
Ruby received a score of 90 on an intelligence test. Two days later she received a score of 55 on a different form of the same test. The test was apparently lacking in ______
a. validity c. content-relations b. reliability d. culture-fairness