Dr. Rambo wants to determine whether there are sex differences in reactions to televised violence. He asks male and female participants to watch a 15-minute video clip of a violent program and then complete a rating scale. Rambo's research project is best classified as a(n)
a. true experiment.
b. quasi-experiment.
c. naturalist observation.
d. interview.
b
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a. LSD and mescaline. b. MDMA and marijuana. c. nicotine and caffeine. d. alcohol and marijuana. e. marijuana and LSD.
Research on flashbulb memories has recently begun to raise some caveats about the phenomenon. What have researchers found recently that raises questions?
a) Flashbulb memories seem to be figments of imagination more than detailed recall of events from one's past. b) Flashbulb memories are a special form of eidetic imagery and therefore are far less common than was once believed. c) These memories do not seem to be as accurate as once thought; associated emotions may lead people to discuss the memory over and over, with the effect of altering the memory. d) The accuracy of many of these memories has more to do with press coverage and the ubiquity of cable television coverage of major news events than actual memories.
If a town of 7000 people has 4000 females in it, then the probability of randomly selecting 6 females in six draws (with replacement) equals _________
a. 0.0348 c. 0.5714 b. 0.0571 d. 0.3429
In __________ coping, children appraise the situation as changeable, identify the difficulty, and decide what to do about it
A) problem-centered B) emotion-centered C) effort-centered D) avoidant