The environmentalists' position on intelligence is BEST summarized by saying that ______
a. heredity is not involved in intelligence except in cases of congenital brain
malformations or retardation
b. mental capacities are determined primarily by the environment, and their
development depends exclusively on environmental experiences
c. mental capacities are inherited, but their development depends on environmental
experiences
d. intelligence results from a combination of genetic inheritance and prenatal
experiences
C
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Suppose that you talk to a young mother who tells you that she believes her daughter Sarah is feminine because everyone praises her for feminine actions and because she imitates the women she sees on TV. This mother's explanation is most like the __________ theory
a. psychoanalytic b. social learning c. cognitive developmental d. social constructionist
Studies of eyewitness testimony have shown:
A. a close relationship exists between confidence and accuracy B. eyewitnesses become more accurate if they are expected to be accurate C. eyewitnesses stick stubbornly to stories even when it is proven that the stories must be false D. little relationship exists between confidence and accuracy
Valerie is teaching Parker how to play the guitar. Valerie instructs Parker to sit across from her and watch her finger movements as she plays a song. She has found this method more effective than attempting to verbally explain the complicated series of finger movements. Valerie's teaching strategy indicates that her memory of how to play the guitar is stored as a(n) ____ memory.?
a. ?episodic b. ?semantic c. ?procedural d. ?sensory
According to your psychology text, which of the following statements is FALSE concerning women and ethnic minorities in the field of psychology? a. By 1906 in America, about one psychologist in 10 was a woman. b. By 2000, the percentage of undergraduate and graduate degrees that have beenawarded to women is around 40 percent
c. Margaret Washburn was the first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in psychology in 1894. d. Inez Beverly Prosser, the first African-American female psychologist, was awardedher Ph.D. in 1933.