According to our discussion of the article Over the Hill about the Betula study of adult cognition, long term longitudinal studies are:
(a) probably seriously flawed by the unrepresentativeness of the later samples
(b) the best method yet devised for studying psychology over the lifespan
(c) the only way to overcome cohort effects as confounds
(d) so difficult to do that only one has been completed
A
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a. the drug breaks down quickly in the body. b. people have trouble retaining and organizing information. c. intoxication can quickly lead to a nervous breakdown. d. intoxication leads to social withdrawal and isolation.
For Brentano, the subject matter of psychology was ____
a. ?sensations b. ?perceptions c. ?temporal patterns d. ?associations e. ?experiences
Solomon Asch (1951, 1956) conducted a series of studies in which participants were asked to estimate the lengths of lines that clearly differed in length
Participants then heard the other group members give correct estimations for some trials, and blatantly incorrect estimations for others. When confederates in the study gave an incorrect response, how did participants respond? a. They refused to provide an obviously incorrect answer. b. They tried to correct the confederates' mistakes and persuade them to make the correct choice. c. They tended to conform on at least one of the trials. d. They refused to answer, or "passed" their turn.
In ANOVA, statistical significance can only result from which of the following conditions?
A. Error variance is greater than systematic variance. B. Error variance is equal to systematic variance. C. Between-group variance is greater than within-group variance. D. Between-group variance is equal to within-group variance.