A psychologist has found a correlation of +.54 between measures of need for
achievement and college grade point average. Given this knowledge, you would expect
that _____ .
a. higher need for achievement scores are associated with higher college grade point
averages
b. higher need for achievement scores are associated with lower college grade point
averages
c. there is no relationship between need for achievement and college grade point
average
d. if you knew a student's need for achievement score, you could predict the
student's grade point average perfectly
A
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James was vocally criticized by other early psychologists because he ____.?
a. ?criticized the use of the experimental method b. ?loathed laboratory work and refused to do it c. ?hired Münsterberg, thus imposing Wundt's psychology and its limitations on the new American psychology d. ?was a "gentleman scientist" rather than a traditional academic e. ?studied psychic phenomena and moved away from scientific psychology
The cognitive approach has been criticized in which of the following ways?
A. It does not fit well with current trends in psychology. B. The research has given it little support. C. It is too specific and needs more abstraction. D. It is not needed to explain individual differences in behavior.
The part of the brain most associated with higher cognitive functions such as thinking and reasoning, planning for the future, and long-term memory is the
A. occipital lobe. B. brain stem. C. left parietal lobe. D. frontal lobe.
What term describes the influence of the past on the present?
a) instincts b) unconscious c) psychoanalysis d) psychic determinism