In which situation would you calculate a correlation coefficient?
A. when studying the effects of 3 types of music on study habits
B. when studying the association between computer gaming and caffeine usage
C. when studying the types of cries that infants make
D. when studying the effects of practice on memorization
Answer: B
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a. goal-corrected partnership. b. undiscriminating social responsiveness. c. active proximity-seeking/true attachment. d. discriminating social responsiveness.
Which of the following is true of Erikson's theory?
a. Resolving the conflict at one stage enables individuals to skip the next stage. b. There are no significant consequences for failing to resolve conflicts. c. The first five years of life are the most critical. d. Each stage builds on the others.
How do we distinguish learning from maturation?
a) Learning occurs before maturation. b) Experience is not necessary for maturation to occur. c) Only primates learn, but maturation occurs in all species. d) Learning is a relatively permanent change, whereas maturation fluctuates.
In most states, a successful insanity plea means an accused person is not held legally responsible if he or she is
a) unaware of relevant laws. b) diagnosed with an inherited psychological disorder. c) unable to distinguish between right and wrong at the time of the crime. d) diagnosed with a severe psychological disorder before the time of the crime.