Mrs. Davis teaches ninth grade biology. In her 9 AM class, she first asks her students whether they think dogs have more or less than 100,000 bones in their bodies. Every student quickly says that dogs have less than 100,000 bones. She then asks the students to guess how many bones dogs have in their bodies. The average guess is 700. Then, in her 1 PM class, Mrs. Davis first asks her students whether they think dogs have more or less than 10 bones in their bodies. Every student quickly says that dogs have more than 10 bones. She then asks the students to guess how many bones dogs have in their bodies. The average guess is 150. The difference in the average guess in the 9 AM class (700 bones) as compared to the 1 PM class (150 bones) would be best explained by what decision-making issue?

A company acquires a subsidiary and will prepare consolidated financial statements for external reporting purposes. For internal reporting purposes, the company has decided to apply the equity method. Why might the company have made this decision?

The nurse is preparing to give a patient vasopressin. The patient asks why they are getting this medication. The nurse should respond:

Jamil is applying to two graduate schools. Graduate School #1 lists the application deadline as November 15th, but notes that applications can be turned in between November 16th and December 1st if applicants pay an additional $50 late fee. Graduate School #2 lists the application deadline as December 1st, but notes that if applications are turned in before November 15th, applicants receive $50 off their fee. Jamil hurries to get his application in to Graduate School #1 before November 15th to avoid the late fee, but waits until December 1st to turn in his application to Graduate School #2. Jamil’s behavior is most consistent with what decision-making issue?

Shauna is a researcher interested in the development of intelligence and language. She brings 100 children into the lab. She gives the children a vocabulary test (i.e., tests how many words they know) and an intelligence test. When she plots her data, she sees the following graph:   What type of study did Shauna use in her study?

The nurse is educating a patient on insulin administration. Which statement, if made by the patient, indicates an understanding of the teaching?

How many types of intelligence are there?

James and Dylan are both studying for a business school exam. James decides to always study in the same seat in the classroom where they’ll take the exam. Dylan studies on the exact same schedule as James, but he studies in a different place every time. Three months later, both James and Dylan are interviewing for the same job. The interviewer asks them questions about material that was covered on the business school exam mentioned above. You would expect _________ to be better able to answer the questions, because ____________.

Which of the following is the most serious concern with regard to the use of SSRIs in adolescents?

Brandon is a psychologist working with a construction company that would like to train all of their employees to use a new machine. Because they’ll be paying the workers while they train, the company would like to train the employees in the fewest possible hours. They ask Brandon to determine what schedule they should use. Brandon takes 50 employees and randomly assigns them to one of two practice schedules: Group 1: 4 hours of training every day Group 2: 1 hour of training every day Brandon then measures how many hours it takes the employees to reach the necessary level of ability on the new machine. He finds that one of the two groups reaches the necessary level of ability in FAR fewer total hours than the other. Based upon your understanding of best practices in learning, you would expect that _______ would be better because their practice was more __________.