Creativity

A) is the same as IQ.
B) involves generating novel solutions to problems.
C) is generally higher in boys than in girls.
D) increases across the lifespan.

Leroy is in a teacher-directed preschool.Which activity would his parents NOT expect him to be doing?

A) listening to a story read aloud during circle time
B) forming the letter M in a tray filled with shaving cream
C) gluing pieces of macaroni on a paper plate to form a number
D) working on a long-term individual project about birds

A significant danger of media violence is that impressionable viewers are subsequently more likely to enact the ________ provided by the media.

A) ingroup bias
B) implicit associations
C) outgroup biases
D) social scripts

Consider the following set of scores on a quiz: 2, 2, 3, 5, 8. The mode for this set of scores is 2.

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the role of emotions in moral decisions?

A) Research generally shows that emotions interfere with our ability to make moral decisions.
B) Logic and emotion are entirely separate, so emotions have no effect on our decision-making ability.
C) Women tend to be more emotional and therefore tend to make poorer moral decisions.
D) Emotional reactions can provide useful guides for making decisions that are right.

Which of the following is an ill-defined problem?

A) finding a solution to a jigsaw puzzle
B) figuring out how to win at tic-tac-toe
C) finding a solution to the Middle East crisis
D) both a and b