Using a questionnaire with 30 statements about eyewitness testimony (Kassin et al., 2001), it was found that jurors significantly disagreed with eyewitness experts on more than ______ items
a. 25% c. 85%
b. 50% d. 95%
C
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Chapter 5 discussed a study in which high school students were asked to recall their score on an important mathematics test that they had completed two years earlier. The results of the study showed that the gender differences in their recalled scores
a. were largest when students had strong gender stereotypes about math ability. b. were smallest when students had strong gender stereotypes about math ability. c. were smallest when students had low math ability. d. were not significant in any of the conditions.
The areas of the cortex involved in the perception of pitch and speech _____ are located in the _____ lobe.
A) production; frontal B) understanding; frontal C) production; temporal D) understanding; temporal
An operational definition specifies _______
a. how something is to be observed and measured b. how the purpose of a study will be explained to the participants c. the meaning of a term in commonly used, non-scientific language d. which research methods will be used in a study
Your roommate's brother and sister-in-law just had a baby girl. Their daughter was born with very low birth weight. What advice can you give them in terms of providing additional care for her?
a. Try infant massage. b. Leave her in her crib with a bottle to insure that she gets plenty to eat. c. Just be calm; there is not much a parent can do at this point. d. Get an infant monitor so that you can listen to her breathing constantly.