Steele suggested that African Americans may ________ with academic success by putting forth less effort on academic tasks and generally downgrading the importance of academic achievement

An expert on the development of intelligence in adulthood is going to give a lecture to your developmental psychology class. What is the most likely title for her presentation?

a) "Inevitable Decline" b) "How Spatial Ability Improves with Age" c) "Intelligence: It Stops When We Leave School" d) "Decline: Depends on the Type of Intelligence"

According to research conducted by Ridley (1999), how could individuals like Adolph Hitler, serial killer Ted Bundy, and Unabomber Timothy McVeigh commit such acts according to the "nature versus nurture" debate?

a) These individuals were born (nature) to commit such horrendous acts. It was in their genetic makeup. b) Their behaviors are the result of the interaction of nature and nurture. c) These individual's behaviors were attributed to "nurture" and influences of their parents. d) These individuals learned to commit these behaviors after staying in long periods of isolation according to