If the correlation between the rating of cookie quality and cookie price is .30, and the critical value from the table of significance of correlation coefficients is .35, we would say that
a. the correlation is not significant.
b. the correlation is significant.
c. the difference is too close to call.
d. we don't have any way to come to a conclusion.
A
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a. peers nominate children they like and children they dislike, with the researchers aware of their choices. b. researchers use observational methods to determine which children are the most, and the least, popular. c. peers nominate children they like and children they dislike, anonymously to researchers. d. statistical data from a series of studies are used to determine approximately how many children are popular and unpopular in a class.
In general, self-reference instructions
a. enhance memory in the laboratory, but not in real-life settings. b. enhance short-term memory, but not long-term memory. c. enhance memory in a wide variety of situations. d. are actually no more effective than instructions to use shallow processing.
The cause of autism
a. presently unknown. b. congenitally damaged mirror neurons. c. mercury in childhood immunizations. d. an overdeveloped theory of mind. e. a combination of recessive alleles and neglectful parenting styles.
What was one of Mary Whiton Calkins's major accomplishments?
a) offering the definition of psychology used today b) establishing the first school of psychology to offer degrees to women c) developing the statistical methods that made experimental research possible d) being elected the first woman president of the American Psychological Association