Measuring tread wear on a carpet in order to investigate foot traffic patterns is an example of which type of unobtrusive measure?
a. simple observations
b. contrived observations
c. archival records
d. physical traces
d
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Which of the following statements is true of external attributions?
a) They locate the cause of behavior outside a person, such as nature or acts of God. b) They are also known as dispositional attributions. c) They are movements of the body, usually the hands, that are generally reflective of thoughts or feelings. d) They refer to prejudicial attitudes that are unspoken and perhaps even outside conscious awareness.
Carnahan and McFarland (2007) conducted a study to determine whether a particular type of person is likely to sign up for a study like the Stanford University prison study. They found that advertisements for a study on "prison life" attracted potential participants higher than average in ____ and lower than average in ____
a. authoritarianism? aggression b. self-monitoring? altruism c. need for cognition? need for closure d. narcissism? empathy
The notion that sleep has survival value says sleep:
a. is an adaptive reaction to light-dark cycles b. functions to repair and restore the brain and body c. serves to consolidate memories d. need not involve dreaming
The failure to process perceptually available information is called __________
a. inattention blindness b. distraction c. duality d. ataxia