An experimenter places a colored spot on a child’s nose, lets the child look in the mirror, and observes whether the child touches his/her own nose. What concept is being tested?
Ans: sense of self
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Under what circumstances is the median likely to produce a better measure of central tendency than the mean?
a. With a symmetrical distribution b. With an extremely skewed distribution c. When the data consist of nominal measurements d. When the data are numerical scores from an interval or a ratio scale
Rosalinda stimulated the gills of an Aplysia by squirting them with a brief jet of seawater, at first, it will ____.
A. ignore the water B. withdraw its gills C. take in the water through the gills D. squirt the water in the direction of the source
Which of the following is a characteristic of a virus?
A. It moves independently throughout the body. B. It alters its genetic structure to match with a host. C. It reproduces outside a host cell. D. It is a protein-coated gene package.
The video shows actual footage of the Bobo Doll study mentioned in the chapter. What is the basic point of the study? The moderator mentions that, "aggression is hardly cathartic," that the children,
"picked up the novel hostile language," and noted that children used a gun, although there was "no gun modeled" (by the adult). What are the implications of these statements? What will be an ideal response?