Which scientific goal is reflected by suggesting that high school students who score a 1000 or more on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (S.A.T.) will be successful in college?
A. Describe
B. Explain
C. Predict
D. Intervene
Answer: C
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Fulero and Finkel (1991) compared mock jurors' responses to expert testimony regarding the mental state of a defendant. They found that __________________________.
A. mental health experts providing only diagnostic testimony were the most influential B. mental health experts providing a diagnosis and a penultimate opinion regarding the defendant's understanding of wrongfulness were the most influential C. mental health experts providing a diagnosis, penultimate opinion, and an ultimate opinion about the defendant's mental state at the time of the act were the most influential D. mental health experts did not differ in the extent to which they influenced mock jurors
What is empiricism?
-an approach to gaining knowledge about behavior and mental processes by observation and measurement only -observing and measuring phenomena relying largely on intuition -a model of interconnected ideas or concepts that explains observations -an early school of psychology concerned with the adaptive purpose of mind and behavior
While taking notes in class, a student had recall keep in mind what the professor had just stated in order to draw a diagram in her notebook. This is an example of:
a. reference memory. b. procedural memory. c. working memory. d. implicit memory.
Among ethnic adolescents, major risk factors for suicide include which of the following?
a. "loss of face" b. acculturative stress c. racism and discrimination d. all of these