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What is one crucial factor for success at the implementation stage of breaking a habit?


A) social support
B) trying to tackle more than one habit at a time
C) breaking the habit on one's own
D) not telling anyone of the date or the plan for change

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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Cross-sectional studies of IQ show an increase in adult intelligence.

A) True
B) False

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_____ and high SES produce a longer life span and better health for people in every nation.

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What has cross-sectional research determined about IQ? What has longitudinal research determined about IQ? Why is there a difference in the results?

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Experts tend to be intuitive, automatic, _____, and _____ in their thinking.


A) strategic; inflexible
B) strategic; flexible
C) flexible; analytical
D) analytical; inflexible

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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The first visible signs of aging are in brain functioning.

A) True
B) False

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Being unable to conceive after trying for at least a year is the definition of _____.

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Cognitive artifacts are intellectual tools, such as writing, invented by one generation and then passed down from generation to generation to foster learning within societies.

A) True
B) False

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Children born via IVF, regardless of birthweight, tend to develop slower than other children in terms of health, intelligence, and school achievement.

A) True
B) False

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Which individual is MOST likely to have a lower IQ as a consequence of weathering?


A) a 4-year-old European American
B) a 4-year-old African American
C) a 40-year-old European American
D) a 40-year-old African American

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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According to Sternberg, intelligence used in everyday problem solving is considered to be _____.


A) creative intelligence
B) practical intelligence
C) analytic intelligence
D) crystallized intelligence

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Hunt contends that nations with the most advanced economies and greatest national wealth are those that make best use of _____.

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Who is more likely to have the greatest number of strategies?


A) Bobby, who has been playing chess for 1 year
B) Cal, who has been playing chess for 5 years
C) Alan, who has been playing chess for 25 years
D) Robert, who is new to the game of chess but is great at math

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Skills and knowledge developed around a particular activity or area of specific interest is referred to as _____.

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Corrina is considered obese because she _____.


A) snacks several times a day
B) has a BMI of 30
C) consumes foods that are high in cholesterol
D) diets often, but always gains back the weight

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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During the past 50 years, advances in medicine have solved about half of all _____.


A) age-related diseases
B) fertility problems
C) sexually transmitted infections
D) birth control side effects

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Research on taxi drivers in London indicates that drivers with more experience _____.


A) developed higher IQs through their work
B) had a brain that adjusted to the need for a particular kind of knowledge
C) became less effective over time as they tuned out details
D) had slower processing skills than younger drivers

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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In any field or endeavor, _____ may be the difference between a skilled and an unskilled person.

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Cohort differences are among the factors that account for age-related variation in adult intelligence.

A) True
B) False

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Females, who may be emotion-focused, are likely to "_____"-that is, to seek the company of other people when they are under pressure.


A) use avoidant coping
B) weather
C) process automatically
D) tend and befriend

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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