"Do my results have any relevance to situations and populations not used in my experiment?"
This statement best represents an evaluation of
A) extraneous variables B) statistical significance
C) internal validity D) external validity
D
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In Nisbett and Wilson's (1977) studies, when people made choices about which stockings to buy, the people said that they made their choice based on ____
a. whether the stocking was presented first or last b. the color or softness of the stocking c. how much the stocking cost d. the stocking size
In developmental theory, the impact of nature is expressed as
a. the child's environment. b. the parents' nurturant intentions. c. biological maturation. d. the social dynamics among the child's peers.
Most people have difficulty actually recognizing the correct image of the Lincoln penny. The most likely cause of this problem is _______________
a) interference b) memory trace decay c) encoding failure d) repression
Jackie is trying to balance her checkbook while at the same time helping her son with his homework. she works on her checkbook when she can while also watching for signals that her son has finished a particular assignment; then she can stop working on her checkbook and help her son. the task her central executive is MOST concerned about in this example is:
A. setting goals and planning B. stimulus selection and response inhibition C. task switching D. controlled updating of short-term memory buffers