Researchers have found that among schoolchildren, as the amount of time they spend
reading increases, so do their grades. This is an example of a(n) ______.
a. positive correlation c. additive correlation
b. negative correlation d. statistical anomaly
A
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The typical adult who molests a child a. is violent and aggressive
b. threatens the child physically but is not violent. c. does not use physical force. d. is fully aware of the psychological damage that he is causing the child.
Researchers have taken issue with the Social Readjustment Rating Scale with regard to the relationship between the number of life events and subsequent psychosomatic symptoms. More recent scales have found that:
a. there is little relationship between these two elements b. only severe symptoms such as asthma and high blood pressure are related to life events c. appraisal of negative events is a more important predictor of illness than of positive events d. a modest correlation exists but only for middle-aged individuals
Chapter 3 Refer to the research study described on pages 70 - 71 of your textbook to answer the following question. From this study, is there evidence of bottom-up and/or top-down processing in scene categorization? Explain your answer.
What will be an ideal response?
Describe the difference in the view of an actor (a person performing a behavior) and an observer of the behavior in terms of the kind of attribution that is made. What role does this play in people's conception of self in the present and in the past?
What will be an ideal response?