In our conversations with others, missing information is often filled in on the basis of a sample of evidence or on the basis of prior beliefs and theories. These logical assumptions are called ________
FIll in the blank with correct word.
Answer: inferences
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Behavioral medicine is a multidisciplinary field that
a. directly treats a large number of medical illnesses. b. incorporates pharmacology into behavioral treatment. c. applies behavioral science to medical treatment. d. treats those incapable of performing select behaviors.
Your author points out that studying the mind requires both __________ and __________ experiments.
A. nomothetic; idiographic B. behavioral; physiological C. brain; body D. observational; correlational
Regarding the technology used to study the brain, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Both PET scans and functional MRIs provide images of activity throughout the brain. b. Experimentally, fMRI images have been used to tell if a person is lying. c. PET and fMRI brain scans show that most people use only 10 percent of their brain capacity. d. PET scan studies suggest that the brains of people who perform well on a difficult reasoning test consume less energy than those of poor performers.
Unlike today's most widely used intelligence tests, the original Stanford-Binet can be most clearly criticized with respect to its:
a. standardization sample. b. reliability. c. factor analysis. d. predictive validity. e. heritability.