Anne is worried because the only students who are willing to participate in her study are those who consistently make the Dean's List. Anne is most likely concerned about the
a. nonresponse bias.
b. stability of her sample.
c. error of estimate in her sample.
d. volunteer bias.
d
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When young adults who moved into a neighborhood decades earlier never leave, the result is
a retirement home. aging in place. forced occurring retirement community. a naturally occurring retirement community.
It has been difficult to do double-blind, placebo-controlled studies on the effects of steroids because
A. the federal government will not allow research with controlled substances. B. they produce detectable psychological effects. C. the potency of the drugs is so variable from one sample to another. D. the researchers could face a massive lawsuit.
If someone were to ask you how many windows there are in your house, you might form a mental picture of your house in order to answer the question. According to the view suggested by Alan Baddeley,
the ________ component of working memory would be used to form the mental image. a. central executive b. navigational pilot c. visuospatial sketchpad d. phonological loop
Which statement accurately describes classical conditioning?
A. Newborns have an innate ability to learn through associating different stimuli with each other. B. Newborns require only one exposure to a stimulus because newborns are primed to learn innately. C. Premature infants demonstrate associative learning at faster rates than full-term infants. D. As infants grow older, classical conditioning occurs more slowly and deliberately.