Which of the following is true about self-esteem and narcissism?
a. The best way to be happy is to focus on ourselves and our own needs.
b. Narcissists are disliked by others but do better academically and in business than other people.
c. People who are optimistic (but not narcissistic) persevere more in the face of failure and set higher goals than do other people.
d. Narcissism has been decreasing among college students in the United States over the past 30 years.
Answer: C
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Theory development in observational or archival research
a. should be more formal and deductive than other research b. is to be avoided in favor of gathering data and generating hypotheses c. should be done before the data are collected d. None of these are true.
In studies relating homicide to alcohol use,
A. there is no statistical relationship between drinking and homicide. B. about half of all murderers and about half of all homicide victims had been drinking. C. murderers were likely to have been drinking, but their victims were not. D. victims were likely to have been drinking, but the murderers were not.
According to the law of parsimony, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle should have believed that
a) fairies were real. b) the girls played an elaborate hoax on him. c) fairies are real even though the girls were playing an elaborate hoax on him. d) The law of parsimony does not apply in this situation.
Which of the following is true about the dependent variable in an experiment?
A. The dependent variable is presented on the X-axis. B. The dependent variable is caused by the independent variable. C. The dependent variable is related to the independent variable. D. The dependent variable is manipulated.