The research on the biological basis of sexual orientation has been criticized because
a. it uses self-report to establish the research participants' sexual orientation.
b. it cannot explain why 75% of the identical twins did not share the same sexual orientation.
c. much of the research generalizes from lesbians, in order to draw conclusions about gay men and bisexuals.
d. researchers have not paid enough attention to sexual behaviors in nonhuman animals.
B
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a. Increase the sample size b. Increase the sample mean c. Increase the sample variance d. All of the other options will influence the value of Cohen's d.
Which of the following is Answer: True?
a. According to Radcliffe Brown, religion provides individuals with a sense of comfort and anxiety relief. b. What a person believes about dying has more influence than how deeply he or she believes it. c. George Homans disagreed with both Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown, arguing that death anxiety is highest for both the very religious and the nonbeliever. d. The empirical research by Michael Leming supported Homans's theorizing on the relationship between religion and death anxiety. e. All of the above.
Top-down perceptual processing provides a good example of how ____
a. ?elaborative rehearsal creates memories that are not readily forgotten b. ?attention is a necessary factor in transferring sensory memories to short-term memory c. ?short-term memory and long-term memory often work in a parallel manner d. ?the capacity of short-term memory is extremely limited
In the mid-1800s, Austrian monk Gregor Mendel produced a series of simple experiments of cross-pollination of pea plants
Indicate whether the statement is true or false