Suppose a researcher wishes to study the relationship between a high-protein diet and school performance. She asks students to record their eating habits for a week and compares their protein consumption to their grade point average in school
If she finds that students who eat more protein generally get better grades, it would be appropriate to conclude that she has identified a:
a. positive correlation
b. negative correlation
c. causal relationship
d. "zero order" correlation
a
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Suppose that you are in a ship wreck and numerous people around you are drowning. No one present knows how to swim except for you. According to evolutionary theory, if you only had time to save one person, which of the following people would you save?
a. The city mayor b. Your husband or wife c. Your baby d. Your mother
A person's disposition refers to their:
a. peripheral route of persuasion c. type of schema b. self-serving bias d. internal characteristics
Damage to the primary auditory cortex is to __________ as damage to the left auditory
association cortex is to __________. a. speech production; speech perception b. hearing loss; impaired speech comprehension c. perception of sound location; hearing loss d. hearing loss; recognition of non-speech sounds e. perception of sound location; speech production
A terrorist leader has recruited new volunteers and is addressing them. He tells them that their mission will "eliminate" many people but that they would be serving a higher purpose. He explains that their group's struggle depends on martyrs such as themselves. He goes on to say that, their victims belong to a lesser class of people and refers to them with an insulting ethnic slur. He declares that they deserve to be eliminated. The new volunteers not only agree to take part in a suicide mission, they are happy to have been chosen. By referring to the recruits as "martyrs" and saying that their mission will serve a higher purpose, leader is using which method of cognitive restructuring?
A. Dehumanization B. Moral justification C. Advantageous comparison D. Displacement of responsibility