A researcher asks students to rate their feelings toward an increase in tuition fees on a seven-point scale ranging from a "very negative" to a "very positive" feeling. In this scenario, which type of measurement scale has the researcher used?
A. an interval scale
B. a nominal scale
C. an ordinal scale
D. a ratio scale
Answer: A
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When a developing embryo is exposed to higher levels of testosterone, this will lead to
a. the development of the fallopian tubes. b. the development of the uterus. c. the growth of the Mullerian bulbs. d. the differentiation of the Wolffian system.
If a preschool child thinks a tall 20-year-old is older than a short 40-year-old, this is an example of
egocentrism. static thinking. focus on appearance. symbolic thinking.
Hinduism, the religion of India for most of its history, concentrates on an individual's cycle of birth and rebirth, or ____
a. polygamy c. celibacy b. karma d. asceticism
Kohlberg (1966) proposed that children develop gender constancy in the following sequence of stages: ___
a. gender labeling, gender stability, gender consistency b. gender stability, gender labeling, gender consistency c. gender labeling, gender consistency, gender stability d. gender consistency, gender labeling, gender stability