Imagine that you are reading about a study that showed a positive correlation between the number of math courses that college women had completed in high school and their grades in a college course in statistics. You can safely conclude that
a. their previous experience with math courses probably prepared them for the statistics course.
b. students who completed an above-average number of high school math courses are likely to earn an above-average grade in a college statistics course.
c. students who are smart enough to complete many math courses in high school are likely to be smart enough to good grades in a college statistics course.
d. students who develop good study habits in high school are likely to use those same study habits in college.
B
You might also like to view...
When asked to write an essay on why she is who she is, Julia describes how her hopes and dreams influence how she behaves, thinks, and feels. Julia is focusing on how _____ events determine her personality.
A) prior B) subconscious C) environmental D) anticipated
Sensitivity to ________ information is a form of plasticity that implicates neural differentiation as a crucial aspect of learning throughout the lifespan
a. experience-expectant c. novelty-preferred b. experience-dependent d. novelty-driven
Which of the following views did psychologist Ernest Hilgard subscribe to?
A) Under hypnosis, thoughts, feelings, and drives that threaten the waking mind come to the fore. B) Under hypnosis, one aspect of a person's mind can remain aware and open to stimulation from the outside while other parts are cut off from external input. C) Hypnotized individuals actually involve in role-playing by behaving the way they think a hypnotized person would behave. D) Hypnosis does not alter consciousness, nor do hypnotized individuals give up control of their behavior.
Among Yolanda and her peers there isa set of behaviors that they have collectivelyagreed upon which function as an accepted code of norms. Which of the following terms BEST encapsulates this?
A. Agency B. Family system C. Role D. Culture