A restaurant chef tries replacing rice with pasta in one of her recipes to see what will happen. Which method of acquiring knowledge is she using?
a. method of empiricism
b. rational method
c. method of authority
d. scientific method
a
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Which of these generalizations tends to be true about cultural differences?
a. African children are more likely than U.S. children to play with children their own age. b. Asian parents put their newborns in a crib at an earlier age than U.S. parents c. Asian adults are more likely than U.S. adults to take pride in individual achievements. d. Moderate expressions of anger are more effective in the U.S. than in Asia.
The author of "Animal Education: The Psychical Development of the White Rat" was Washburn
a. True b. False
Yoriko, a 17-year-old girl, is so fearful of gaining weight that she starves herself. She has missed five consecutive menstrual cycles. Although she correctly sees herself as having a skeletal figure, she does not think she has an eating disorder. Yoriko is diagnosed with anorexia. What is unusual about this case? a. It is unusual for an anorexic to deny having an eating disorder. b. It is
unusual for a 17-year-old girl to have anorexia. c. It is unusual for an anorexic to miss five menstrual cycles. d. It is unusual for an anorexic to have an accurate body image.
Compared to the whole-report technique, the partial-report procedure involves
a. a smaller stimulus set. b. a smaller response set. c. a smaller stimulus set and a smaller response set. d. a shorter rehearsal period.