Imagine that you have stumbled across a secret laboratory where an evil scientist is conducting unauthorized brain research. By altering brain structures, he has created superheroes who have specialized powers or abilities. One of these superheroes has a fantastic memory and is able to remember new information almost instantly. In this case, one of the brain structures that the scientist MOST
likely altered would be
a. the amygdala.
b. the pons.
c. the hippocampus.
d. the reticular formation.
C
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Dr. Brown conducts an experiment to examine the effects of mentorship programs on children's academic achievement. She finds that children who are given mentors receive significantly higher grades than children who are not. The result is statistically significant at the .05 level. What does this mean?
a. The finding probably occurred by chance; mentorship programs probably DO NOT really improve academic achievement. b. The finding probably did NOT occur by chance; mentorship programs probably DO boost academic achievement. c. The finding was larger than expected; mentorship programs appear to be even more effective than Dr. Brown suspected. d. The finding was smaller than expected; mentorship programs appear to be less effective than Dr. Brown suspected.
Chronic diseases account for about ____ % of deaths in the United States
a. 14 c. 54 b. 34 d. 74
Today, the average American woman can expect to live about ________ the average American male
a. five years longer than b. the same amount of time as c. three years less than d. three years longer than
The most basic problem with survey research is that
A) it is considered to be ethically questionable. B) it can tell you only what people say they think or do, not what they actually think or do. C) the data are so general that they cannot tell us about individual behavior. D) participants' memory for past events can be quite inaccurate.