A psychologist, studying pilot trainees, picks a select group of trainees who are hopefully representative of all other trainees. The group of trainees being studied by this psychologist are collectively known to researchers as a ______
a. sample
b. population
c. target group
d. control group
a
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Clarence was celebrating his favorite team's Super Bowl victory on his own when some of his friends showed up and invited him to a "street party" to celebrate. There were hundreds of people at the party, and as the party progressed, Clarence began to vandalize property with some of the others in the group. It appears that the "street party":
a. caused Clarence to experience deindividuation b. created a sense of groupthink in Clarence c. caused Clarence to display a self-serving bias d. produced a self-serving bias in Clarence
Organizing and summarizing material to be remembered works because it
a. makes sensory memory more efficient. b. frees up the serial processing resources involved in memory. c. encourages better encoding of the information. d. facilitates state-dependent memory.
Research reveals that inductive discipline
A) fails to provide children with information about how to behave in future situations. B) helps children notice others' feelings and points out the effects of children's misbehavior on others. C) discourages the development of empathy and sympathy. D) encourages children to comply with rules in order to avoid the loss of parental love.
Most neuroscientists agree that complex functions such as reading or performing music involve
A. only the right hemisphere of the brain. B. the spinal cord. C. only the left hemisphere of the brain. D. both hemispheres of the brain.