The overjustification effect suggests that providing _______ for volunteering or community service can lead to _______
a. excessive rewards; an intrinsic motivation to help
b. excessive rewards; an antisocial personality
c. barely sufficient rewards; self-attributions as "kind" and "helpful"
d. insufficient rewards; an antisocial personality
Answer: C
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Which of the following accurately describes the effect of increasing the sample size?
a. Increases the standard error and has no effect on the risk of a Type I error b. Decreases the standard error and has no effect on the risk of a Type I error c. Increases the risk of a Type I error and has no effect on the standard error d. Decreases the risk of a Type I error and has no effect on the standard error
Bob is nine months old. Carol is nine years old. Ted is twenty-nine years old. Alice is ninety years old. Whose brain is most likely overproducing synapses??
a. ?Bob b. ?Carol c. ?Ted d. ?Alice
Frieda knows how the environment produces physical reactions in the nervous system that then produce brain activity. What she has trouble understanding is how cellular activity becomes consciousness, emotion, or knowledge. Frieda is considering the:
a. cognitive revolution b. structuralist-functionalist debate c. nature-nurture problem d. mind-body problem
One of the reasons that researchers will often use an existing questionnaire rather than designing their own is
a. To minimize history as a threat to internal validity b. In situations where the purpose of the questionnaire is poorly defined c. To be able to compare their results to others who have used the survey d. In situations where the variables of interest are unclear