Psychologists have discovered that people high in neuroticism associate sex with death more than people low in neuroticism do
We can't conclude that neuroticism causes people to associate sex with death because the outside variables that lead to neuroticism could also lead to thoughts sex and death. This illustrates the
a. directionality problem.
b. third variable problem.
c. restricted range problem.
d. latent variable problem.
B
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a. glutamate and acetylcholine. c. estrogen and testosterone. b. adrenaline and noradrenaline. d. dopamine and GABA.
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A. encoding B. metamemory C. critical thinking D. information processing
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a. psychodynamic b. socioeconomic c. behavioral d. cultural