A researcher is interested in examining how well children who are good at delaying gratification do academically. The researcher would state "children who can delay gratification get better grades in school than children who cannot delay gratification."
What step of the scientific method was just accomplished?
a. identifying a question of scientific interest
b. forming a hypothesis
c. selecting a research method and a research design
d. collecting data
Answer: B
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a. Rorschach test b. thematic apperception test c. MMPI d. WAIS
A neuron cell body reaches threshold and depolarizes. The depolarization propagates down the length of the ____, is chemically transmitted across the ____, and directly affects the electrical potential in the ____ of the successive neuron.?
a. ?axon; synapse; dendrites b. ?dendrites; synapse; axon c. ?myelin; synapse; dendrites d. ?dendrites; receptor; axon
Interviews that contain only past-focused interview questions are also known as:
a. situational interviews b. patterned behavior description interviews c. unstructured interviews d. structured interviews
The muscular paralysis associated with REM sleep results from a. inhibition of the primary motor cortex by the pontine reticular formation
b. PGO spikes. c. inhibition originating in the reticular formation and traveling to the spinal cord. d. inhibition of the basal ganglia.