Napoleon wanted to survey people about their use of marijuana. In an effort to get people to respond as honestly as possible, Napoleon embedded his questions about marijuana use in a list of questions about many other drugs (e.g., caffeine, crack cocaine, heroin, speed). Was this a good idea?
A) yes
B) no
C) it depends on whether his sample contains a lot of heavy drug users
A
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Larry has written a computer program that monitors and makes decisions about the relative amounts of chemicals to use in the process of creating a high-quality plastic material. His program simulates the decisions experts would make if they could monitor the production of the material during every second of the process. These sorts of technological advances are part of
A. artificial intelligence. B. formal reasoning. C. option evaluation. D. probability estimation.
According to one study of federal sentencing data, offenders who pled guilty received ______________________ than offenders who were convicted at trial.
A. 15% longer sentences B. 15% shorter sentences C. 25% longer sentences D. 25% shorter sentences
Yasmin no longer senses the sound of air conditioner as she sits in the classroom. She has stopped attending to its stimulation because she sits in the same classroom every day. Psychologists call this experience ________.
A. sensory adaptation B. accommodation C. convergence D. sublimation
Personality _______ are patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are demonstrated by people.
A. structures B. states C. traits D. quirks