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Question 211

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People often fail to make accurate generalizations because they are unduly influenced by ________ cases.

A) randomly selected
B) vivid
C) representative
D) operationally defined

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Question 212

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Which of the following facilitates more exact descriptions of ongoing behaviors without explaining them?

A) random assignment
B) informed consent
C) naturalistic observation
D) the double-blind procedure

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

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A psychologist notes that we are especially attracted to people whose traits are different from our own.This statement would seem unsurprising to students because

One of your professors has used observational evidence to justify a cause-effect conclusion.Questioning the validity of drawing this conclusion from the evidence best illustrates

Professor Hernandez attempts to assess the extent to which both hereditary and environmental factors contribute to gender differences in the risk for alcohol use disorder.Her research best illustrates the concerns of the ________ perspective.

An experiment enables researchers to isolate the effects of one or more factors by manipulating the factors of interest and also by

Dr.MacPherson believes that the way students organize and think about the information in their textbooks will strongly influence their ability to later remember and use what they have studied.Dr.MacPherson's ideas most directly exemplify the ________ perspective.

The personal values of psychologists are likely to influence their choice of

A study of the relationship between reasoning capacities and brain functions would be of most direct interest to

Correlational research is most useful for purposes of

When your best friend hears that you are taking a psychology course,she asserts that psychology is simply common sense.Explain why your awareness of both the limits of everyday reasoning and the methods of psychological research would lead you to disagree with your friend's assertion.

Professor Bolden claims that his experimental research demonstrates that eating an apple every day improves children's reading skills.How might he best offer further support for the reliability of this finding?

The King James Version of the Bible was completed when William Shakespeare was 46 years old.In Psalm 46 of this translation,the forty-sixth word is "shake," and the forty-sixth word from the end is "spear." Before concluding that the biblical translators were trying to be humorous with these specific word placements,you would be best advised to recognize the danger of

Dr.Tiao conducts basic research on the effects of head injuries on people's problem-solving and abstract-reasoning skills.Which psychological specialty does her research best represent?

Random sampling is to ________ as random assignment is to ________.

Researchers make no effort to manipulate or control variables when they engage in

Which perspective would focus on the extent to which different parenting styles are encouraged among various ethnic groups?

Dr.Ochoa develops tests to accurately identify the most qualified job applicants in a large manufacturing firm.Which psychological specialty does Dr.Ochoa's work best represent?

The high school counselor has suggested that Skylar's romantic feelings for her physics teacher reflect her unconscious longings for attention from her own father.The counselor's assessment most clearly reflects a(n) ________ perspective.

Cognitive neuroscience studies relationships between