Marcy is trying to define anxiety in a way that can be measured. She is attempting to find an appropriate _____
a) independent variable.
b) operational definition.
c) causal hypothesis.
d) theory.
Answer: b
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__________ measure(s) the relationships between more than one independent variable and a dependent variable.
A. The correlation coefficient B. Field experiments C. Intervention studies D. Multiple regression
The representativeness heuristic should cause people to think that families with four children are more likely to have
a. four children of the same sex. b. two boys and two girls. c. three boys and one girl. d. three girls and one boy.
Fraud in research is highly disruptive because of the _____________ nature of science
a. Tentative b. Progressive c. Empirical d. Objective
According to Savin-Williams and Diamond (2004), the development of sexual identity in gay males and lesbians involves several steps. Which of the following is not one of those steps?
a. attraction to members of the same sex b. self-labeling as gay or lesbian c. sexual contact with members of the same sex d. joining gay or lesbian support groups