If a motorcycle cop believes that young female drivers speed more than other drivers, he will likely notice young female drivers speeding in the fast lane but fail to notice young male or older drivers doing the same. In this case, the police officer's judgments are biased by the operation of the
a. permission schema.
b. confirmation bias.
c. falsification principle.
d. typicality principle.
b
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Suppose that there is a perfect negative correlation between the amount of money that Jane spends and the amount of money that she has in her bank account: for every dollar that she spends, she has exactly one less dollar in her bank account (assuming no interest, fees, or credits). Thus the correlation between Jane's spending and savings can be represented as ____
a. r = -100 b. r = -1.00 c. r = 0.00 d. r = 100
The program identifies 22 separate behaviors that constitute Sniffy’s naïve behavioral repertoire. The program records the total number of times each behavior occurs during a specified interval of time (measured in seconds). It also divides the total number by the total time, which produces a measure known as the ________ of the behavior.
a. slope b. rate c. relative frequency d. cumulative frequency
In contrast to patients with Alzheimer's disease dementia, patients with vascular neurocognitive disorder are more likely to have symptoms such as a. abnormalities in walking or muscle weakness during early stages. b. abnormalities in walking or muscle weakness during late stages. c. memory impairment during the early stages
d. memory impairment during the late stages.
Both the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis test analyze differences between sums of ranks
Indicate whether the statement is true or false