Which of the following is an example of observer bias?
a. You ask your fellow students to be participants in a study of adult memory.
b. You ask people from your church to participate in a study of family values.
c. You develop an opinion of what you expect to see in an experiment.
d. You allow a student to quit an experiment simply because he or she is bored.
b
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A. specificity B. cross-sectional studies C. effect size D. impact statements
Psychoanalytic theorists agree that morality originates from the clash between unconscious wishes and parental prohibitions in childhood
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Regarding hypnotically-refreshed memories, the scientific community
A. is in consensus that they are completely reliable. B. thinks the use of them should be discouraged in court. C. thinks the benefits of them outweigh the costs. D. is evenly divided over the use of them in court.
Rob is preparing Chicken Baskini for Patty when he realizes that the chicken is supposed to be pounded out. So, he goes to the store to buy a cooking mallet. Rob never thought of using his rolling pin to flatten the chicken because of
a. the representativeness heuristic. b. sampling bias. c. the confirmation bias. d. hindsight bias. e. functional fixedness.