Researchers have found that people who study more tend to achieve better grades than those who study less. This is known as a _______.
a. perfect correlation
b. negative correlation
c. positive correlation
d. cause-and-effect relationship
Ans: C
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a. The level of praise and encouragement you received as a child b. Whether or not your parents were divorced when you were a child c. Whether or not you developed a positive love role repertoire as a child d. The type of attachment you formed as a child
______ refers to the different situations or conditions that participants experience in an experiment because of the manipulation of the independent variable.
A. Interaction effect B. Levels of the independent variable C. Marginal means D. Factorial designs
In which one of the following stages do children show an untiring curiosity about their parents, friends, and surroundings?
a. latency stage b. early adulthood c. late adulthood d. locomotor-genital stage
Why might behaviorists view the Shepard/Metzler mental rotation study as not a legitimate part of psychology?
a) All of the research participants did not see the same figures. b) The researchers failed to quantify the variable they measured. c) The researchers made inferences about unseen mental processes. d) Contrary to proper experimental design, the researchers did not analyze a dependent variable.