If we examine how often people clean their homes and how content they are with their homes, the relationship might be distorted if we only include people who clean once or twice a year. This type of distortion is called _____
a. outliers
b. restriction of range
c. curvilinear
d. linear
b
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Which of these is an example of a self-handicapping strategy?
a. Setting a goal to win more tennis matches this season than last season b. Entering only tennis matches against opponents you expect to defeat c. Using a worn-out tennis racket in a match you expect to lose anyway d. Practicing harder than usual during the week before an important tennis match
The three stages or phases in the general adaptation syndrome (GAS), described by Selye, are:
a. arousal, plateau, and recovery b. alarm, resistance, and recovery c. excitement, plateau, and exhaustion d. alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
In a longitudinal study of women from Mills College in the San Francisco bay area conducted by Helson and Wink (1992), the sample of educated women showed a consistent drop in femininity as they moved from their:
A. early thirties to their early forties. B. early twenties to their early thirties. C. early fifties to their early sixties. D. early forties to their early fifties.
Dr. Brown wants to study social phobia. She induces temporary anxiety by having normal subjects believe they will be negatively evaluated by another person. This is an example of
a. a path analysis. b. an analogue study. c. an experimental epidemiological study. d. a correlational study.