What is the relationship between external validity and the college sophomore problem?
What will be an ideal response?
External validity is the extent to which the results of an experiment can be generalized. Because most research in psychology is completed on college sophomores, generalizability (or external validity) can be problematic.
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Regarding the use of hypnosis, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
a. In one classic experiment, hypnotized participants showed significant memory improvement with only 20 percent of their new memories being incorrect. b. Information gained through hypnosis is more likely to be true if the hypnotized person seems very confident than if he or she expresses any degree of uncertainty. c. If a questioner asks misleading or suggestive questions, a hypnotized person tends to weave this information into his or her memories. d. All of these statements are true.
Split-brain studies have revealed that:
A) information is processed in the same hemisphere as it is received. B) information entering one hemisphere stays there in the absence of the corpus callosum. C) the corpus callosum does not help the two hemispheres exchange information. D) the right and left hemispheres have no independent functions.
A child must acquire several types of knowledge about language. One kind is called the pragmatics of language, which refers to
a. the basic units of sound. b. principles of when to say what and how to say it. c. the basic meaningful units; i.e., words, past-tense markers, and plural markers. d. the meaning of words and sentences.
Research has confirmed that people addicted to drugs may die of an overdose even when they have taken less than their normal dosage of a drug
a. true b. false