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Women have begun to outnumber men in psychology
T
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Psychologist believe that aggression is simply learned from one's parents as a consequence of rewards and punishment
F
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Punishment alone works better than punishment combined with reinforcement of the desired behavior
F
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Social learning theory stresses that people can reward or punish themselves
T
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If you want to hold on to info for just a minute or two the most effective device is rote rehersal
T
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Everything we learn is stored in long term memory
T
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People with amnesia do not do as well on memory priming tasks as people with normal memory
F
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No single part of the brain is solely responsible for memory
T
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Younger adults are more likely than adults over 50 to remember events from relatively early in life
F
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Flashbulb memories are almost always accurate
F
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People can "remember" abusive experiences that never happened
T
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Cognition is a synonym for emotion
F
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We must form a new concept for every new experience
F
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People can not think about things for which they have no words in their language
F
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The English language has traditionally used masculine terms to refer to all people, female as well as male
T
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Two people from different culturesperceiving the same object may assign it to very different categories
T
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Cultural differences in cognition appear to be genetic in origins
F
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Projecting human characteristics onto a nonhuman creature is called empathy
F
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Laboratory experiments suggest that animals have cognitive capacities
T
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Chimps frequently practice deception
T
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Humans communicate primarily through signs
F
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Dolphins and whales are the only other animals, besides humans, to have their own language
F
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The most successful studies attempting to teach language to apes have taught them nonverbal communication techniques
T
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Apes learn language only through intensive training and to win favor and obtain rewards from human trainers
F
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Divergent thinking is necessary for creative problem solving
T
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In the absence of full and accurate info, we often make decisions based upon availability
T
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Subtle changes in the way info is presented can dramatically affect the final decision one makes
T
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Laypersons and experts agree on the meaning of intelligence
F
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A person with average intelligence should get an IQ score of about 100
T
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If there is one thing that all intelligence tests measure, it is intelligence
F
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Culture-fair test sometimes accentuate the very cultural differences they were designed to minimize
T
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IQ tests accuratley predict school performence
T
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IQ is the same thing as intelligence
F
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Prenatal nutrition affects IQ scores
T
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Extreme malnutrition during infancy can lower IQ scores
T
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IQ scores are unaffected by levels of environmental stimulation during childhood
F
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IQ scores have gone up for the populationa a whole since the 1930's
T
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On average male have a higher IQ than females
F
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While overall IQ scores between men and women are similar, men are more likely than women to have extreme high or low scores
T
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Americans are more likely than Asians to believe that studying hard, rather than innate ability, is crucial to be successful academic performance
F
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In most cases, the causes of mental retardation are unknown
T
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Little can be done to reverse biological conditions that cause many cases of severe mental retardation
T
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Creative people tend to have IQ scores above 130
F
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Sex, hunger, and thirst are all primary drives
T
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Each individual has an optimum level of arousal
T
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The psychological state of hunger is not the same as the biological need for food
T
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Culture influences what we choose to eat and how much
T
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Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are much more prevalent among females than males
T
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Obesity is the most pressing health problem in America today
T
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The human sex drive is powerfully affected by hormones
T
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