An operational definition is:
A) a description of a property in measurable terms.
B) the way sciences tend to operate when forming hypotheses.
C) the consensus scientists reach when defining their terms.
D) a set of rules and techniques for making observations.
A) a description of a property in measurable terms.
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Stanley Milgram undertook a series of classic experiments at Yale University in 1963 to study the factors that contribute to__________
A) obedience to authority B) propinquity C) recency D) primacy E) Select
Mary noticed that Joseph was pushing someone in the hallway. She concluded that Joseph was aggressive. Mary did not notice that Joseph and the other person were laughing, thus she
a. failed to consider the situational factor. b. made the fundamental attribution error. c. made an initial observation of Joseph's behavior. d. did all of these.
The hindsight bias occurs because after an event occurs, people
a. explain why the event occurred to themselves, and explaining makes it seem inevitable. b. have to assert that they predicted it correctly as a way to enhance their self-esteem. c. repress the memory of their previous predictions because they find them embarrassing. d. imagine that the event turned out differently than it did, and this confuses them.
During middle childhood ______________.
a. play groups in traditional cultures become less gender-segregated than they were in early childhood b. gender segregation is unique to play groups in the United States c. both boys and girls come to see occupations they associate with men as having higher status than occupations they associate with women d. boys feel less competent than their female counterparts in math and science even when they have equal abilities in these areas based on their grades