Dr. Vandepolder is conducting a study on American Midwest college students' radio-listening habits. He doesn't have the resources to survey all college students in the Midwest, so he uses census data to randomly select a group of several thousand students from Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota to participate in the study. In this study, the group of all American Midwest college
students is called the _____, while the group randomly selected from Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota is called the _____.
a. sample; control group
b. sample; population
c. control group; population
d. population; sample
d
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The city has asked for local citizens to send in creative solutions to the downtown parking problem. Emil's contribution states that the "City should use large coat hangers or helium balloons to suspend cars above the downtown area.". Emil's solutions to the parking problem would be considered
a. divergent and creative. b. divergent but not creative. c. aesthetic but not creative. d. aesthetic and creative.
A biological perspective of a mental disorder may suggest that:
a. a mental disorder is the result of traumatic experiences b. distorted perception is the main cause of mental disorder c. mental disorders can often be traced to brain dysfunction d. poor stress management techniques are the main cause of most mental disorders
The Dani of New Guinea have only two words for distinguishing colors in their language. When tested for their ability to discriminate colors, Dani children
a. show a different appreciation of color differences from those of American children. b. are unique in their differentiation of colors. c. have little interest in color variations. d. can discriminate the many colors of the spectrum.
While studying ______________ processing, researchers ask questions such as "Is the word in capital letters?"
A. phonemic B. effortful C. structural D. semantic