The town of Mayberry wants to know if a new suicide prevention telephone line is effective based on public opinion. What kind of research should the town do to find out?
a. case study
b. analogue research
c. survey
d. historical research
c
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The first group tests of human abilities were developed for a. screening intellectually subnormal school children
b. selecting soldiers to fight for the U.S. in World War I. c. selecting pilots for advanced training in World War II. d. evaluating which students should be admitted to public universities.
Matching may justified in an experiment if
a. there is a variable that is highly correlated with the dependent variable b. it is feasible to present a pretest before assigning subjects to conditions c. Both a and b are true. d. Matching is always justified.
In evolutionary terms, why are symmetrical facial features important?
a. They indicate health and, most likely, good genes. b. They guarantee offspring survival. c. They make romantic relationships more satisfying. d. Without them, there is no other way to decide whether you have found a quality mate.
Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory has been criticized because:
a. it focused almost exclusively on maturational processes. b. it focused almost exclusively on learning processes. c. it did not explain cognitive development of infants. d. it overestimated the abilities of infants.