If a researcher conducted a study and found a difference between groups that had a 10 percent likelihood of being attributed to chance, the researcher would consider this finding as __________.
A. slightly significant
B. non-significant
C. highly significant
D. poorly conducted
Answer: B
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Marcella goes to the birthday party of one of her second-grade classmates, which is being held at a fire station. The kids all get to hold the hose and aim it at a fake house to pretend they are fighting a fire. Later, she tells her father, "Daddy, the house was really on fire, and smoke was coming out of it and everything!" The fact that Marcella remembers smoke even though there was none is because of
A. constructive memory. B. maintenance rehearsal. C. mood-congruent memory. D. the process of recognition.
The Behavioral Activation System is associated with
A) impulsive behavior. B) negative emotions. C) fear. D) all of the above
According to Jerome Kagan (1976), which of the following is referred to as the tape recorder model of development according to many other psychologists?
A. Only certain experiences could be recorded for posterity, with the opportunity to only rewrite something once it was recorded. B. Certain experiences could never be recorded and thus at times could never be rewritten. C. Every experience is seen as being recorded for posterity, without the opportunity to rewrite or erase something once it had been recorded. D. Every experience recorded will always repeat itself for all eternity.
Janie is 30, has a neurotic personality, and routinely expresses negative emotions. Research would predict that by age 50, Janie will
A. become even more neurotic and negative. B. live longer than her more optimistic friends. C. adjust her personality and become more extraverted. D. remain at about the same level of neuroticism that she exhibits now.