Of the following adolescents, which of them has the greatest statistical likelihood of committing suicide?
a. Erik, who is an Asian American teenager
b. Mackenzie, who is a European American teenager
c. Darla, who is a Latin American teenager
d. Arlen, who is a Native American teenager
d
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Suppose a sample of children reported how many voices they heard in their heads on a particular day, and that hearing voices was a relatively uncommon experience. In this case the mode
a. will show that the most common number of voices heard is zero. b. will tell us nothing about the children who do hear voices. c. both a and b d. none of the above
Any condition or factor that can be manipulated, controlled, or measured, is a _____
a) confound. b) variable. c) causality. d) bias.
Convenience samples make it more difficult to generalize the results of the study to the population, lowering its ______.
a. internal validity b. external validity c. power d. probability
Which statement about culture and self-esteem is true?
A. Chinese and Japanese children score lower in self-esteem than U.S. children. B. Cultural differences in self-esteem tend to narrow with age. C. Compared to U.S. children, East Asian children rely more on social comparisons to enhance their self-esteem. D. East Asian children tend to be more reserved in praising others than they are in expressing positive self-judgments.