According to Vollmer and Bourret (2000), the proportion of two- versus three-point shots attempted by skilled basketball players is _____ the proportion of points obtained from such shots
A) ?greater than
B) ?less than
C) ?approximately equal to
D) ?unrelated to
C
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The ____ nervous system mobilizes the body when one needs to exert tremendous energy (such as flee from an attacker)
a. somatic b. central c. sympathetic d. parasympathetic
Free association and dream analysis __________.
A. are techniques typically used with hypnotized subjects B. provide insight into the workings of the unconscious C. were developed in the early 1800s D. have been used extensively in behavioral therapy
According to the discussion of the availability heuristic,
a. this heuristic is consistently more accurate than the representativeness heuristic. b. we use this heuristic when we try to estimate probability by thinking of relevant examples. c. this heuristic emphasizes that we ignore the conjunction fallacy. d. this heuristic explains why we typically provide confidence intervals that are too narrow.
What term describes situations in which researchers compensate a disadvantaged group to ensure that they receive the benefits afforded to an experimental group, such as giving a control group access to the superior treatment at some time after a study?
A. manipulation compensation B. individual differences equalization C. random assignment D. compensatory equalization of treatments