In adolescence, individuals are increasingly able to maintain their attention over long periods of time, which is called
a. sustained attention.
b. memory.
c. selective attention.
d. metacognitive understanding.
Answer: a. sustained attention
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Brenda has a big deadline for work. She is planning out how she will break the tasks into more manageable smaller tasks, and how she will use members of her team to help complete the job on time. Brenda's thinking is an example of
a. secondary appraisal. c. negative interpretation. b. primary appraisal. d. cumulative impact.
When rolling a pair of fair dice, the probability of rolling a total point value of "7" is 0.17 . If you rolled a pair of dice 1,000 times and the point value of "7" appeared 723 times, what would you probably conclude? a. This is not so unlikely as to make you doubt the fairness of the dice. b. Although not impossible, this outcome is so unlikely the fairness of these dice is
questionable. c. Since the total point value of "7" has the highest probability of any event in the sampling distribution, this is anextremely likely outcome. d. It is impossible for this to happen if the dice are fair.
A research design is a general approach that is intended to address a specific question
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Dr. Jennings has developed an intervention to help people stop smoking, and he wants to conduct a study to test it. In his design, he first collects baseline measurements of how much his study participants smoke at work, at home, and while socializing. Then, for one week he instructs participants to use the interventions he's developed only at work; during the next week he instructs participants
to use these techniques at both work and home; and during the next he instructs participants to use these techniques at work, at home, and while socializing with friends. All along Dr. Jennings continues to track how much people have smoked in each situation. This study is an example of a. an ABAB design. b. an epidemiological design. c. a multiple baseline design. d. a single-case design.