Research by Prentice and Miller (1996) found that college students are likely to have more positive attitudes toward drinking on campus and consume more alcohol if they
a. attend colleges that strictly forbid drinking on campus.
b. participate in workshops designed to increase their personal responsibility for drinking.
c. overestimate the favorability of their peers' attitudes toward drinking.
d. believe such attitudes and behavior are inconsistent with social norms.
c
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Cosella is conducting an experiment where she assesses how quickly teenagers can run a 100-meter race after consuming specific amounts of caffeine. She divides her sample up into three groups. Group 1 receives a glass of water with no caffeine added. Group 2 receives a glass of water with an amount of caffeine equivalent to that in one cup of coffee. Group 3 receives a glass of water with an
amount of caffeine equivalent to that in two cups of coffee. Each participant is then timed as they run the course. In this study, the independent variable is a. the previous running experience of each participant. b. the teenagers who are being studied. c. the time it takes to run the 100-meter race. d. the amount of caffeine being ingested.
Social phobia is one of the most common anxiety disorders, with an estimated ________ lifetime prevalence.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In order for the birth of psychology to occur, mounting evidence from the areas of physiology, medicine, and psychophysics had to emerge. After all, if knowledge is gained through the senses and physical damage to areas of the brain are evidenced by behavioral changes, what does this mean for the exalted nature of human beings as a species? Which of the following ideas did not accompany the birth of psychology?
A. Observation is a more valid approach to knowledge than reason. B. Studying the behavior of other species gains insight into human behavior. C. Empirical methods used in the natural sciences could be used to study mental processes. D. Reason is a powerful tool in explaining both human and animal behavior
Identify the theorist who along with her colleagues conducted extensive research on adolescent sleep patterns and found that when given the opportunity, adolescents will sleep an average of 9 hours and 25 minutes a night.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).