Which of the following studies is best for showing the first variable produces a change in the second variable?
a. A researcher asks people who are entering the grocery store how hungry they are and then asks them how much they spent on food as they leave the store.
b. A researcher has participants sleep various amounts of hours and then observes how cranky they are.
c. A researcher asks participants how well they like to think and how many books they have read in the last 6 months.
d. A researcher asks participants how many hours per week they listened to Beethoven while growing up and then gives them a math ability test.
b
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Kevin is taking a course on women's literature, and is the only male student in the class (all of the other students are female). Research suggests that, as a result, he will be ____
a. especially aware of his maleness, and somewhat more likely to perform better in the class than he otherwise would b. especially aware of his maleness, and somewhat more likely to perform worse in the class than he otherwise would c. especially aware of his female qualities, and somewhat more likely to perform worse in the class than he otherwise would d. especially aware of his female qualities, and somewhat more likely to perform better in the class than he otherwise would
The study of how people think and behave in social situations we experience is called ____
a. ?social psychology b. ?social cognition c. ?attitude psychology d. ?group psychology
Advances in reasoning during the adult years entails integrating cognition with emotion.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)