______ is the process by which scientists look at the available evidence and then use reasoning to reach a conclusion.
a. Logic
b. Inference
c. Observation
d. Belief
Ans: B
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The Chi (1978) study on memory for chess pieces indicated that when recalling information in their area of expertise, expert children perform
a. better than novice adults. b. the same as novice adults. c. worse than novice adults. d. the same as children who are novices.
According to Kohlberg, children in the ____________________ state of moral development base their moral decisions on abstract principles that may even conflict with accepted societal standards
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Why might behaviorists view the Shepard/Metzler mental rotation study as not a legitimate part of psychology?
a) All of the research participants did not see the same figures. b) The researchers failed to quantify the variable they measured. c) The researchers made inferences about unseen mental processes. d) Contrary to proper experimental design, the researchers did not analyze a dependent variable.
Joy has a fear of flying and decides to seek treatment. What therapy technique would have her generate a list of fear-arousing situations related to flying and rank those situations from low to high fear-arousing?
a) client-centered therapy b) rational-emotive therapy c) systematic desensitization d) cognitive consistency therapy