A theory is

A) a completely unverified statement about how the world works.
B) a statement about the probable relationships among a set of abstract variables.
C) a complex mathematical equation relating quantitatively measurable variables.
D) the factual outcome of experimentation.


B

Psychology

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Kim ate virtually nothing and was very thin. Kim had an unhealthy degree of thinness. Yet when Kim looked in the mirror, she thought she looked overweight, and redoubled her dieting efforts. Kim likely has ________

Fill in the blank with correct word.

Psychology

In language development, over inclusion of instances in a category is labeled overregularization

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

The Levene's test is used to test for this assumption.

A. homogeneity of variances B. equal variance C. the assumption of normality D. the population of difference scores

Psychology

Acquiescent response sets are difficult to eliminate from self-report tests because . . .

a. Most respondents want to be agreeable b. There is no way to detect how many respondents have been influenced by it c. Both of the above d. Neither of the above

Psychology