Describe the sample in terms of how many single and married women and men the researcher would need to represent the population.
Suppose a researcher wishes to use stratified random sampling to select a representative sample of 100 people from a population that has the following characteristics:
Of the sample of 100, 60 of the respondents should be women. Of these 60 women, 30 should be married and 30 should be single. Forty of the respondents should be men; of these 40 men, 10 should be married and 30 should be single.
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A parent's announcement, "It's a boy," is an example of
A) gender roles. B) gender stereotypes. C) gender assignment. D) gender identity.
Gregor, a night watchman, was encouraged by his wife to enter treatment for his depression. During the initial session, he revealed great anger and resentment toward his boss, who blocked a raise for him
He perceived this as causing great financial hardship for his family and vowed to "snuff" the boss. Gregor's psychologist took this threat seriously and was obligated to A) document it in his files in case Gregor acted and actually harmed his boss. B) report the threat to Gregor's boss and law enforcement officials. C) maintain confidentiality despite the potential risk to the boss. D) have Gregor sign a statement promising that he would not act on his threat.
________ refers to a prediction about the probability of an event based on the ease of recalling or imagining similar events.
A. Confirmation bias B. The availability heuristic C. Hindsight bias D. The representativeness heuristic
According to your textbook, when interviewing an eyewitness to a serious crime, a police psychologist might ask the interviewer to respond to a question
A. while looking at actual evidence in the case. B. by dictating responses into a smartphone. C. with eyes closed. D. as if lying.