What is meant by replication?
A. The repetition of a research study, usually with some alterations in its methods or setting, to determine whether the principles derived from that study hold up under similar
B. The extent to which the results of a research study can be generalized to other people, animals, or settings
C. A statistic representing the degree of dispersion of a set of scores around
D. The extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure
A. The repetition of a research study, usually with some alterations in its methods or setting, to determine whether the principles derived from that study hold up under similar
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a. reciprocity principle. b. foot-in-the-door technique c. scarcity principle. d. lowball technique.
As the zygote moves through the fallopian tube toward the uterus, it
a. undergoes little change until after implantation. b. begins to reproduce itself through the process of meiosis. c. begins to reproduce itself through the process of mitosis. d. undertakes such rapid differentiation that by the time of implantation, it already looks quite human.
When mongoose lemurs make discriminations among various amounts of items, they seem to do it based on _____ rather than by _____
A) ?a sense of proportion; counting B) ?counting; intuitive understanding of volume C) ?intuitive understanding of volume; empirical measurement D) ?counting; empirical measurement
The behavioral effects of amphetamine are due to
a. the blockade of reuptake of dopamine. b. a change in transporter levels in the postsynaptic membrane. c. its ability to directly release dopamine from the terminal buttons. d. the blockade of reuptake of serotonin. e. its ability to directly release serotonin from the terminal buttons.