Suppose a researcher investigated the judgments of guilt made by jurors in response to attractiveness (attractive vs unattractive) and facial expression (neutral vs smiling). The results indicated a main effect for attractiveness as your only significant finding. This would mean that
a. Attractiveness alone was responsible for juror guilt decisions
b. Facial expression alone was responsible for juror guilt decisions
c. Both attractiveness and facial expression was responsible for juror guilt decisions
d. Nothing; You can never believe main effects in a factorial experiment
a
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a. BITCH. b. Chitling Test. c. Dove Counterbalance General Intelligence Test. d. SOMPA.
According to the text, which of the following may best describe the relationship between habits and goals?
a. Habits are vestiges of past efforts at pursuing goals. b. Habits are generally opposed to one's goals. c. Habits are irrelevant to goals. d. Habits are the result of setting unrealistic goals.
According to the text, all but which of the following factors are associated with adolescent risk-taking?
a. hormonal influences b. the personal fable c. having close friends who engage in risky behavior d. impulsivity e. family problems
The text reported that nonshared environmental influences can be studied adequately by
a. studying archival records such as school grades. b. asking siblings whether they were treated differently while growing up. c. secretly observing children with hidden cameras. d. using microscopes to examine siblings' karyotypes.