Your textbook discusses four points to remember in order to be a critical consumer of social psychological research findings. Describe them
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The points are: look for good descriptions to accompany explanations; don't trust everything people say; beware of confounds; ask for converging evidence.
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Which of the following illustrates secondary circular reactions?
A. Blake drops his spoon and watches it fall to the ground. B. Ali sucks on her pacifier. C. Mika kicks his legs while lying in his crib to make a mobile move. D. Jake pinches his sister to get her attention.
What is one of the major reasons that psychologists report results publicly?
a) to comply with legal requirements b) to identify all the extraneous variables c) to allow other scientists to replicate their study d) to explain research results so that non-psychologists can understand them
Which of the following is true of expressed emotion in families with a family member
with schizophrenia? a. High expressed emotion in relatives is related to a lower rate of relapse. b. High levels of expressed emotion in a family may serve as a buffer for the family member with schizophrenia against outside stressors. c. High Expressed emotion in a family is a predictor of the recurrence of schizophrenic episodes. d. Disruptive behavior on the part of a family member with schizophrenia may increase the likelihood of expressed emotion by other family members.
Recent statistics show that the dropout rate for __________ is 82 percent
a) Native Americans b) Asian Americans c) African Americans d) Whites