Some research suggests that public opinion
A. is in favor of life sentences for juvenile offenders.
B. is not in favor of life sentences for juvenile offenders.
C. is just as in favor of life sentences for juvenile offenders as for adult offenders.
D. none of the above
B
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What will be an ideal response?
Research has shown that individuals often have better recall for items near the beginning of an ordered list. This research finding is referred to as:
a. the recency effect b. the spacing effect c. the primacy effect d. the massed practice effect
Puzzled as to how Nazi soldiers, who had once been average citizens, could slaughter six million people in concentration camps, the psychologist who began a provocative series of experiments on obedience was
a. Stanley Milgram. b. Solomon Asch. c. B. F. Skinner. d. Leon Festinger.
Imagine the following correlation: The more overweight the child, the slower his or her running speed. Given only this information, which of the following could be true?
a. Being overweight causes children to run slower. b. Children who are slow runners are at a higher risk of being overweight. c. Having respiratory problems (such as asthma) as a child can cause children to run slower and to become overweight. d. Both A and B are possible. e. All of the above could explain the correlation — the researcher would need to do more to find out if any are actually true.