Social Studies

Among older adults, hearing loss, and its associated social isolation, predicts the incidence of depression and :A) menopause. B) brain plasticity. C) neurocognitive disorder. D) a death-deferral phenomenon
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When an organization asks a manager to provide his or her support for an employee before that employee would be considered for a promotion through the internal recruiting process, the organization is using ______ in internal recruiting.
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You flip a coin four times and it comes up heads each time. You bet your friend $100 on tails for the fifth flip. You assume that it has to be tails this time because the four previous flips were heads. This is an example of___________
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A Peace Corps volunteer living in Blantyre, Malawi reported that the post office there had two letter slots, one labeled "Blantyre" and the other labeled Select one: a. "All points West." b. "All points East." c. "Elsewhere." d. None of the choices are correct.
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A researcher determined the degree of relationship between vocabulary scores and reading comprehension scores. The researcher was conducting what type of non-experimental study?
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Which term is used by economists to measure the satisfaction a person gets from the use or consumption of goods and services?
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At this party, a hypnotist is making the kids act like barnyard animals. Pete turns to his aunt and says, "Please! They are just acting this way because they think they are supposed to." Petes statement is most consistent with the ______ theory of hypnosis.
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One of the formal tools used by Congress for oversight of the bureaucracy is the line-item veto A authorization of spending BY impoundment bills C private bills D senatorial courtesy
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What did the Byzantine Empire and Roman Empire have in common?A.They relied on trade with other cultures.B.Most of the people spoke Greek and kept Greek culture.C.They thought the patriarch should be given as much power as the pope.D.The government was a republic with three branches of government.
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Cesare Lombroso, Richard Dugdale, and William Sheldon were all proponents of Select one: a. moralism. b. biological determinism. c. psychological determinism. d. social determinism.
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Researchers usually transcribe responses after they conduct a series of interviews. The transcription process is fairly time-consuming, but it is valuable, in part, because it allows researchers to ______________
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"When Washoe, a chimp who learned American Sign Language, saw a swan and did not know the sign for it, she combined two signs that she did know to give it the name "waterbird." This feat showed that she had a linguistic ability called___________
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What is the synonyms for deposit
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Jared was questioning a suspect using the Reid technique, and after a long and exhausting interrogation, the suspect falsely confessed to the crime just to put an end to the interrogation. When hearing this confession, Jared felt even more confident that the suspect was guilty. This is an illustration of the phenomenon that psychologists call:
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In a certain population of frogs, 120 are green, 60 are brownish green, and 20 are brown. The allele for brown is denoted GB, while that for green is GG, and these two alleles are incompletely dominant. a. What are the genotype frequencies in the population
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Which is an example of an imaginary character based on a real person?
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In order to make instruction more effective, learners should be required to find additional portrayals of the information which have been presented by the instructor. Learners are expected to then demonstrate their portrayals to one another. Learning from demonstrations is enhanced when learners actively engage in interaction with one another rather than passively observing the demonstration.References:Merrill, M. D. (2009). First principles of instruction. In C. M. Reigeluth & A. A. Carr-Chellman (Eds.), Instructional-Design theories and models: Building a common knowledge base. (pp. 41-56). New York: Routledge.Which of the following is true for the Student Version above?Word-for-Word plagiarismParaphrasing plagiarismThis is not plagiarism
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Which of the following statements about current U.S. waste disposal is true?a. We incinerate 50% of our trash and the rest is in open landfills.b. We landfill half of our trash and recycle a third of it.c. We landfill half of our trash and recycle the other half.d. We incinerate 90% of our trash and landfill the rest.
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Sigmund Freud, Abraham Maslow, Erik Erikson, and Carl Rogers all developed ways to explain behaviors or events by offering ideas that organize observations. Their ideas are called:________.a) theories. b) patterns in random events. c) the scientific method. d) scientific inquiry.
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The seniority rule in Congress does which of the following:a.it routinely allocates first choice in committee assignments to majority party members who have served the longest time in Congressb.it routinely allocates first choice in committee assignments to majority party members who are the most senior in agec.it routinely allocates first choice in committee assignments to majority party members who are from the oldest statesd.it routinely allocates first choice in committee assignments to majority party members who have served the longest time in government, regardless of which branch
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what valuable natural resource could be found in teotihuacan
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What is one field you may explode if you want to study the complex relationship between culture and biology?
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The ____________ method of identifying social class views social class as a statistical category. Select one: a. objective b. self-placement c. reputational d. distributional
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Amanda is very mindful to guard what she says to her boyfriend when she is angry so that she won't say something that she will later regret. This best demonstrates the communication principle that says
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