Tom believes that he is exceptionally insightful when it comes to understanding and helping others. In fact, he brags that he is probably one in a million when it comes to insight. Assuming Tom is not quite as special as he thinks he is, Tom's perception of himself most likely reflects the ____ effect
a. external attribution
b. illusory correlation
c. false uniqueness
d. false consensus
C
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Chuck works on the assembly line at Widgets, Inc. Because he is a union employee, he is paid $10 for every fifteen widgets he makes. His co-worker, Sally, is a nonunion worker and is paid only when the company makes money, which averages out to be two times per month. Chuck is reinforced on a ____ schedule, while Sally is reinforced on a ____ schedule.?
a. ?fixed-interval; variable-interval b. ?variable-interval; fixed-ratio c. ?fixed-interval; variable-ratio d. ?fixed-ratio; variable-interval
Some alleles are called additive because their effects "add up" to influence the phenotype
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following units of measurement refers to the loudness, or volume, of a sound?
a) hertz (Hz) b) micrometers (mm) c) decibels (dB) d) cubic centimeters (cc)
State the probability sampling method described in each example. a. To determine why many residents at a local nursing home are not eating their full meals, a researcher obtains a list of all residents at the nursing home and separates the list into two subgroups: residents who eat their full meals and residents who do not. The researcher randomly selects 12 residents from each subgroup to be in her sample.b. A professor obtains a list of all registered students in his class and randomly selects 40 students from the list to participate in a course evaluation.c. An administrator at a local elementary school identifies that 24 classes are taught throughout the day at her school. From this list, she selects 12 classes and measures preparedness among all students in those 12 classrooms.d. A
psychologist randomly selects one athlete to participate in a study from a list of all athletes on campus. Then, beginning with the randomly selected athlete, he selects every fourth athlete on the list to also participate in the study. What will be an ideal response?