With the ________ method of testing scientific theory involves making a prediction from a theory and then noting whether the observations made match the prediction.
a. Duhem-Quine
b. hypothetico-deductive
c. deductive-nomothetic
d. deductive-nomological
Answer: b. hypothetico-deductive
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The psychodynamic interpretation of antisocial personality suggests that, during childhood, ____
a. superego development was faulty b. identification with the opposite-sex parent was especially strong c. there was an over-identification with the same-sex parent d. id impulses were not allowed to be expressed
Cognitive psychologists are primarily interested in ____.?
a. ?what makes people unique. b. ?studying and treating abnormal functioning. c. ?thechanges in behavior or mental processes that occur over an individual’s lifetime. d. ?studying judgment, decision making, problem solving, and other aspects of human thought.
A situation where an individual feels constantly unable to control important situations may eventually cause them to develop learned __________
a. externality b. defenses c. surrendering d. helplessness
A variable, such as the personality of a subject, that might affect the outcome of an experiment would be controlled by
a. random assignment of subjects. b. assuming the effects of the variable are negligible. c. manipulating the dependent variables simultaneously. d. repeating the experiment several times until the results are consistent.