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chapter1qs Test

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In a single day, 45 babies were born in hospital X, 65 babies in hospital Y, and 25 babies in hospital Z. At which hospital is there the greatest probability that more than 60 percent of the babies are of the same sex?
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Daniel and Donald are identical twinsseparated at birth.When they were finally reunited for the first time the men were amazed to discover that they had so much in common. The men would be best advised to recognize the danger of
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A statement describing how a researcher manipulates an independent variable is known as a(n)
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A lopsided distribution of scores in which the mean is much larger than both the mode and median is said to be
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Akira dreamed that a handsome young man she had met the previous day asked her for a date. When he actually did call for a date several days later, Akira concluded that dreams accurately predict future events. Her belief best illustrates
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Knowing the difference between an experimental group and a control group is most relevant to understanding the nature of
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To provide a baseline against which they can evaluate the effects of a specific treatment, experimenters make use of a(n)
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Why might there be some ethical concerns about naturalistic observation?
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An experiment was designed to study the potential impact of alcohol consumption on emotional stability. A specification of the procedures used to measure emotional stability illustrates
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Alexandra is told the value of cosmetic surgery for boosting self-esteem. Belinda is told that the esteem-enhancing value of cosmetic surgery is bad for self-esteem. Neither are surprised. This best illustrates the power of
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To discover the extent to which economic status can be used to predict political preferences, researchers are most likely to use
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What is wrong with intuition as a way of knowing.
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Replication of a research study is most likely to be facilitated by
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To better understand how brain malfunctions influence behavior, Dr. Mosher extensively and carefully observes and questions two stroke victims. Which research method is Dr. Mosher using?
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Hypotheses are best described as
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Professor O'Brian has used correlational evidence to reach a potentially incorrect conclusion about a cause-effect relationship. Questioning the validity of drawing this conclusion from the evidence best illustrates
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The most accurate way of assessing the impact of hormone replacement therapy on women's health is by means of
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Which research method provides the best way of assessing whether cigarette smoking boosts mental alertness?
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In a distribution of test scores, which measure of central tendency would likely be the most affected by a couple of extremely high scores?
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Students who have no exams for the next two weeks are compared with those who are facing an exam tomorrow. They do not know that they are being observed in this
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mean
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correlational measures.
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operational definition.
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an illusory correlation.
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an operational definition.
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operational definitions.
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The probability is the same at all three hospitals.
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hindsight bias.
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critical thinking.
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the case study
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Nothing.
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skewed.
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perceiving order in random events.
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experiments
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People might be harmed as a result of their being observed.
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Naturalistic observation of interest to counseling psychologists.
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independent variables.
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the experiment.
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predictions.
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control group.
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Incorrectly interpreting correlation as evidence of causation is best avoided by making use of
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When provided with the unscrambled solutions to anagrams, people underestimate the difficulty of solving the anagrams. This best illustrates
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After carefully studying how three single parents dealt with the loss of their jobs, Dr. Phong began to overestimate the national rate of unemployment. In this instance, Dr. Phong should be warned that ________ may be misleading.
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Two students in an art class are at least 20 years older than the others. Which measure of variation of class members' ages is most affected by the ages of these two students?
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When psychologists conduct research, the small group they test is the ________ and the larger group to which the results are applied is the ________.
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What is most likely to inhibit critical thinking?
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As a college student you will probably conduct what kind of research?
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Science exists to:
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Which technique involves repeating the essence of an earlier research study with different participants and in different circumstances?
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Correlational research is most useful for purposes of

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