Statistics are
a. only useful in analyzing experimental research in psychology.
b. useful in teaching a logical approach to data (information).
c. impossible to calculate without a background in calculus.
d. all the data in a population.
B
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a. the drug itself. b. various characteristics of the individual. c. age of the individual. d. sexual orientation of the individual.
The explanations given for someone's behavior or beliefs are known as:
A. attributions B. event schemas C. person schemas D. stereotypes
Which of the following approaches would B. F. Skinner recommend to reduce an undesirable behavior?
a. ?offering candy to persuade a child to stop having a tantrum in the grocery store b. ?standing by but ignoring a child who is having a tantrum in the grocery store c. ?immediately removing a child from the grocery store when he or she is having a tantrum d. ?threatening to leave the child behind at the grocery store when he or she is having a tantrum
A negative value for a correlation indicates ____
a. a much stronger relationship than if the correlation were positive b. a much weaker relationship than if the correlation were positive c. increases in X tend to be accompanied by increases in Y d. increases in X tend to be accompanied by decreases in Y