Is the number of children one has a discrete or continuous variable (or both)?

What will be an ideal response?


Technically, the number of children one has is a discrete variable. However, we often look at this variable as being theoretically continuous particularly in the context of summarizing large amounts of population data (e.g., government statistics).

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A. alcohol B. tobacco C. LSD D. cocaine

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Which type of thought does not begin until the stage of formal operations thought?

a) thinking about what is possible b) thinking about what is logical c) thinking about whether an object exists when it is out of sight d) thinking about only one feature of an object rather than taking all features into consideration

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Tests designed to measure the intellectual abilities of immigrants or deaf people by eliminating the use of words are called performance tests

a. True b. False

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Which of the following is a FALSE statement concerning Gestalt Psychology?

a. Gestalt Psychology's motto is "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts." b. Gestalt Psychology was founded by Max Wertheimer. c. Gestalt Psychology has influenced studies of perception and personality and inspired a type of psychotherapy. d. Gestalt Psychology explains behavior in terms of stimuli and responses.

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