A researcher is interested in whether students who are musicians have higher intelligence test scores than students in the general population. The researcher predicts that playing a musical instrument is associated with higher intelligence test scores. The researcher selects a sample of 75 musicians from local high schools and gives them an intelligence test. She compares their average
intelligence to that of students in the general population and finds that zobt = +1.92 . This is a _____ test and the researcher should conclude _____.
a. one-tailed; that students who are musicians score significantly higher on intelligence tests
b. two-tailed; that students who are musicians score significantly higher on intelligence tests
c. one-tailed; that students who are musicians do not score significantly higher on intelligence tests
d. two-tailed; that students who are musicians do not score significantly higher on intelligence tests
a
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a. personality test scores are matched to environmental classification scores. b. individuals predict how they will behave in well described situations. c. clusters of traits are obtained through factor analysis to form "templates". d. employers develop templates of the "ideal" employee.
Watson's __________ is a learning approach to psychology that emphasizes the study of observable behavior
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According to Cooper and Fazio's revised model of cognitive dissonance, dissonance effects occur when:
a. we judge our actions to have had significant consequences b. we attribute those consequences to ourselves c. we attribute our feelings of discomfort to our reaction to what we have done d. we cannot ignore our discomfort or attribute it to the weather e. all of the above
ISLE 10.8 Missing FundamentalClick on the above link to work though the ISLE activity. Once you've completed the activity, navigate back and answer the following question.In MOST instances, the pitch of a sound is determined by the ______.
A. highest harmonic B. fundamental C. average frequency of the fundamental and all the harmonics D. lowest harmonic