111. Which of the following statements is NOT true of a correlation? A)Correlations can range from -1.0 to +1.0. B) Negative correlations indicate relatively weak relationships. C) Correlations can indicate possible causal factors. D) Correlations can identify high-risk groups. E) Negative correlations indicate inverse relationships. 112.Which of the following relationships would most likely have the weakest correlation? A)a school child’s age and vocabulary B)a […]

  41. The Piagetian approach focuses on  A. qualitative changes in cognition. B. quantitative differences in intelligence. C. establishing norms for intelligence tests. D. the relationship of brain development to sensorimotor function. 42. Polly spends her day discovering the world by putting almost everything she touches in her mouth. This implies that she is in Piaget’s first cognitive stage known as the  A. sensorimotor stage. B. preoperational stage. C. concrete operational stage. D. formal operational […]

81.Dr. Martinelli is a grief therapist who adheres to the grief work as rumination hypothesis. Each of these four clients comes to see her after experiencing the death of a close relative. Which one would Dr. Martinelli anticipate will get over the loss the fastest? a.Charles, who has been talking about his feelings of loss and sadness with friends. b.Charlene, who has opted not to […]

  41.  Dr. Ireland’s class is attempting to find derivatives, whereas Dr. Jamison’s class is developing campaign strategies for a local politician. Which of the following statements is MOST likely TRUE? A.  Dr. Ireland’s class is solving a well-defined problem. B.  Dr. Jamison’s class is solving a well-defined problem. C.  Dr. Ireland’s class is using syllogistic reasoning. D.  Dr. Jamison’s class is using familiarity heuristic. […]

    11. Which of the following is true of people with panic disorders?  A. They have reduced reactions in the anterior cingulate cortex to stimuli. B. They suffer from degeneration of tissues in the subcortical region. C. They have heightened emotional processing in the cerebral cortex region. D. They always have an extra chromosome.     12. Thomas has been suffering from insomnia for the last two years. He has […]

  31.  Which of the following stages of development that a baby goes through is correctly matched with a description or milestone? A.  In germinal stage, the organism grows from one cell to hundreds of cells. B.  In perinatal stage, the first cell is formed by the union of an egg and sperm. C.  In embryonic stage, facial features become similar to those that the […]

  111. Galya is from Russia and is given an intelligence test when she arrives in the United States. If the administrator of the test is conscious of the fact that Galya is from another culture, the test will be composed of  A. easy vocabulary words. B. spelling items. C. pattern recognition items. D. story problems. 112. Compared with conventional IQ tests, culture-fair tests  A. do not predict academic achievement as well. […]

    141. In terms of who is seen for treatment, family therapists necessarily conceptualize “family” as ________. a) the entire unit of a traditional family b) any group of individuals who view themselves or function as a family c) the majority of individuals who are living together in a household d) at least a married or cohabitating heterosexual couple 142. Gabe and his family […]

  11.Jan Amos strongly emphasizes the need for her students to feel emotionally safe enough to offer their ideas and say what they think without fear of ridicule or embarrassment. She has a rule requiring that students treat each other with courtesy and respect, and she explains why it is important. Of the following, Jan is most nearly attempting to: a.develop well-disciplined students. b.create a […]

61.  The levels-of-processing approach:  A.  assumes that the longer the material is in working memory, the deeper will be its memory traces. B.  is primarily concerned with a type of memory called “procedural.” C.  suggests that thinking about material leads to better memory than does maintenance rehearsal. D.  holds that meaningless material produces greater depth of processing than does material that can easily be fitted […]