Cattell used a statistical technique called factor analysis to reduce a large number of visible traits into 16 __________ traits, or factors
a. surface
b. source
c. common
d. cardinal
B
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A visit to your elementary classroom might help you remember more of the names of some of your classmates because you are
a. using the serial position effect. b. relying on a flashbulb memory. c. in the same context as you were when you learned them. d. relying on schemas to enhance the retrieval process.
Membership in peer groups helps adolescents learn important skills such as
a. assessing group structure. b. avoiding delinquent behavior. c. being responsive to adult expectations. d. coping with media images.
As a researcher, you are interested in how the scores in your data set are dispersed. Specifically, you want to know the average difference between each score and the mean. You would find out this information by looking at the ____
a. ?range b. ?variance c. ?standard deviation d. ?correlation coefficient
Dr. Fontenot is studying the effects of fatigue on aggression. He hypothesizes that the more fatigue a person is experiencing, the more aggressively the person will behave. The level of aggression in Dr. Fontenot's study is the __________ variable.
A. independent B. dependent C. confounding D. intervening