Mrs. Smith, an elementary school teacher, believes that girls are smarter than boys. She predicts that the girls in her class will learn more than the boys during the school year. Her prediction is a(n)
a. hypothesis.
b. opinion.
c. fact.
d. theory.
A
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a. men are nicer than women. b. women are more competent than men, but similar to men in "niceness.". c. feminists are not as nice as other women. d. feminists and other women are equally nice.
According to your textbook, the majority of new tests are based on
a. theories that are fundamentally different from those in traditional tests. b. the same principles and underlying theories as the more established tests. c. the scientific approach of psychological testing. d. behavioral psychology.
The term "placebo effects" arose in the 16th Century with the Catholic Church's effort to discriminate between exorcisms of the devil that were real or fake
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Children make _____ errors when learning to speak, and the errors they make still _____ grammatical rules.
A) many; do not respect B) few; respect C) many; respect D) few; do not respect