Professor O'Sullivan is observing how parents interact with their children on a playgroup. This is an example of a(n) ______.
A. experimental measure
B. physiological measure
C. self-report measure
D. behavioral measure
Answer: D
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a. breast cancer c. classic migraine headaches b. fatal asthma attacks d. coronary heart disease
Claude, a Baptist teenager, reads a flawed study showing that Baptists are smarter than most people. Then he reads a second study with similar flaws proposing that Baptists are poor leaders. What would you predict will happen? a. He would overlook the flaws in the first study and dismiss the findings of the second study. b. He would now believe that Baptists are poor leaders
c. He would now believe that Baptists are both smarter and poor leaders. d. He would dismiss the findings of the first study and overlook the flaws in the second study.
People are more critical of new evidence that is:
A) consistent with common sense. B) consistent with their attitudes or beliefs. C) inconsistent with their attitudes or beliefs. D) presented using emotionally charged language.
You are a taking part in a survey that asks about your attitudes toward the physical punishment of children. Even though you believe that spanking is sometimes necessary, you answer that you are opposed to any sort of physical punishment
Which of the following terms best describes why you answered the way that you did? A) Social desirability B) Experimenter bias C) Randomness D) Sample representation