Which goal of psychology involves naming or classifying behaviors and is based on making a detailed record of scientific observations?
a. describe
b. understand
c. predict
d. control
a
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Suppose that some researchers are writing up the results of their study, and they are reporting their interpretation of the data from an experiment. At this stage, they are likely to introduce bias if they
a. discuss only statistical significance and ignore practical significance. b. are influenced by researcher expectancy. c. emphasize practical significance far more than statistical significance. d. try to eliminate confounding variables.
Which example is a delusion?
A) a person believing that the CIA has implanted a microchip in his brain B) a person hearing the devil talking inside his head C) a person reporting that she smells like feces, even though she is clean D) a person watching UFOs fly overhead each night
A blue-eyed man marries a brown-eyed woman. They have four children. If eye color is determined by only one pair of genes and brown eyes are dominant over blue eyes, how many children will have blue eyes?
none one two impossible to predict
Repeated leading questioning can cause young children to recall events that didn't happen because of ______.
A. metamemory B. proactive interference C. infantile amnesia D. suggestibility