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2981PsychologyMedium

In the Binet and Simon scoring system, an 8-year-old child who performed as well as an average 10- year-old would be assigned a mental age of ________?

B12.5

C1.25

D10

Correct answer

D. 10

Explanation

The correct answer is 10.

2982PsychologyMedium

Why would Daniel’s housemates considered one of his primary groups?

AHe interacts closely with them

BThere are less than five of them

CThey share expenses

DHe likes them

Correct answer

A. He interacts closely with them

Explanation

The correct answer is He interacts closely with them.

2983PsychologyMedium

Which is NOT the case? The stages of change model:

AContains five stages which always occur in a linear fashion.

BHas been applied to several health – related behaviours.

CExamines how we weigh up the costs of a particular behaviour.

DWas originally developed by Prohaska and DiClemente in 1982.

Correct answer

A. Contains five stages which always occur in a linear fashion.

Explanation

The correct answer is Contains five stages which always occur in a linear fashion..

2984PsychologyMedium

Which perspective is most concerned with identifying the limits of human reasoning?

Abiological

Bbehavioral

Csocial-cultural

Dcognitive

Correct answer

D. cognitive

Explanation

The correct answer is cognitive.

2985PsychologyMedium

Which of the following coefficients of correlation indicates the strongest relationship between two sets of variables?

A0.00

B1.20

C0.90

D-0.98

Correct answer

D. -0.98

Explanation

The correct answer is -0.98.

2986PsychologyMedium

In Pavlovian conditioning the learned response is ________?

AUCR

BCS

CUCS

DNone of these

ECR

Correct answer

B. CS

Explanation

The correct answer is CS.

2987PsychologyMedium

Level of one of the followings in the blood controls release of thyrotropin releasing factor from the hypothalamus:

AProlactin

BCortisone

CSteroids

DThyroxine

Correct answer

C. Steroids

Explanation

The correct answer is Steroids.

2988PsychologyMedium

A patient walks with a jerky, uncoordinated motion. A good preliminary diagnosis would be damage to the ________?

Aamygdala

Bthalamus

Creticular activating system

Dcerebellum

Correct answer

D. cerebellum

Explanation

The correct answer is cerebellum.

2989PsychologyMedium

Which of the following is an approach to measuring reliability?

AContent

BTest-retest

CDouble-blind

DNegative correlation

Correct answer

B. Test-retest

Explanation

The correct answer is Test-retest.

2990PsychologyMedium

The sympathetic nervous system ________?

Aparallels to effects of the parasympathetic nervous system

Bpreserves the homeostatic model

Cis a subdivision of autonomic nervous system

Dis a subdivision of somatic nervous system

Correct answer

C. is a subdivision of autonomic nervous system

Explanation

The correct answer is is a subdivision of autonomic nervous system.

Which is NOT the case? The stages of change model:

AContains five stages which always occur in a linear fashion.

BHas been applied to several health – related behaviours.

CExamines how we weigh up the costs of a particular behaviour.

DWas originally developed by Prohaska and DiClemente in 1982.

Correct answer

A. Contains five stages which always occur in a linear fashion.

Explanation

The correct answer is Contains five stages which always occur in a linear fashion..

The sympathetic nervous system ________?

Aparallels to effects of the parasympathetic nervous system

Bpreserves the homeostatic model

Cis a subdivision of autonomic nervous system

Dis a subdivision of somatic nervous system

Correct answer

C. is a subdivision of autonomic nervous system

Explanation

The correct answer is is a subdivision of autonomic nervous system.