Which of the following was one of the ways that artificiality existed in the artificial groups (according to Danziger’s analysis)?
a. data was based upon individual attributes
b. individuals were treated as a unit
c. group membership was based upon experimental assignment
d. none of the above
Answer: c. group membership was based upon experimental assignment
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A) the weaker it becomes. B) the longer it will have to travel. C) the stronger it becomes. D) the shorter it will have to travel.
Compared to zero-order correlations between personality traits and risk of suicide, researchers have used multivariate approaches and found that multiple regression
a. complicates the overall assessment of the relation between personality traits and risk of suicide. b. has led to useful models regarding factors associated with risk of suicide. c. has led to identification of factors associated with risk of suicide but not to factors associated with student willingness to seek therapy. d. revealed that there were no important differences in willingness to seek therapy across racial or ethnic groups.
Vygotsky's emphasis on culture and social experience led him to ________.
A. neglect the biological side of development B. overemphasize the role of heredity in cognitive change C. emphasize children's independent efforts to make sense of their world D. place too much emphasis on children's capacity to shape their own development
Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus had participants in one study watch a film about an auto accident, write a description of the accident, and then answer a series of questions, which were different for different groups of participants. A week later, the participants were questioned again. What was one basic finding of the study?
a. Participants who were asked how fast the cars were going when they "contacted each other" gave the highest speed estimates. b. Participants who had themselves been in auto accidents confused details of their own accidents with details from the film, an example of source confusion. c. Participants who were shown photographs of the drivers and passengers had more vivid memories of the accident than participants who did not see photographs, an example of imagination inflation. d. Participants who were asked how fast the cars were going when they "smashed into each other" mistakenly remembered seeing broken glass in the film, an example of the misinformation effect