If someone publishes surprising but incorrect results, in the long run people will not take the study seriously. Why not?

a. The interpretation will not be parsimonious

b. The methods will not be explained in enough detail.
c. The hypothesis will not be plausible.
d. The results will not be replicable.


d

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which of the following is not an applied field?

a. Social b. Clinical c. Counseling d. School Psychology

Psychology

When Gene was arrested for rioting on his college campus, he defended himself by saying he just got caught up in the moment and that he wasn't really "like that" at all

However, when the 200 other students were also caught, he said they were rowdy and irresponsible individuals. What has Gene just demonstrated here? a) halo effect b) conformity attribution c) self-serving bias d) actor-observer effect

Psychology

Consider the following relationship between violent material and aggressive behavior: Violent TV arousal aggressive behavior. In this case, arousal can be described as a

a. predictor variable. b. mediating variable. c. common causal variable. d. extraneous variable.

Psychology