Of the following, the best description of "intervening variables" in psychology is that
A. there are very few intervening variables in psychology.
B. they are obstacles in successful theory construction and testing.
C. they are constructs that unite a wide variety of apparently dissimilar variables.
D. they rarely are of use when psychologists try to explain why variables are related.
C. they are constructs that unite a wide variety of apparently dissimilar variables.
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Brandi loves to give advice, and recently a local radio station gave her a two-hour show for people to call in and ask for psychological advice. Brandi is actually not trained in psychology, but people love the folksy wisdom she doles out on the show. What sorts of public statements does Brandi need to make as she gives out advice in this public forum?
a. Brandi needs to indicate she is going to go work on a degree in psychology. b. Brandi needs to remind her listeners that she does not have a degree in psychology. c. Brandi needs to act as if the advice she dispenses if from scientific studies, even if it is really just her opinion based on experience. d. Brandi should do all of these.
Consider the following conditional syllogism: Premise 1: If I study, then I'll get a good grade. Premise 2: I got a good grade. Conclusion: Therefore, I studied. This syllogism is
A. valid. B. skewed. C. invalid. D. robust.
According to cognitive psychologists, depression is caused by
a. learned helplessness. b. self-criticism and self-defeating thoughts. c. imbalances of serotonin and noradrenaline. d. repressed anger that is turned inward as self-hate.
The level of empathy that Hoffman proposed in which children become increasingly aware of how others feel and that other people's perspectives and feelings may be different from their own is
a. global empathy. c. veridical empathic distress. b. egocentric empathy. d. empathy for another's life conditions.