De Fockert et al. (2011) found that, compared to Western research participants, rural Namibian research participants responded more slowly to particular visual displays but were less affected by distracting elements of the displays
We cannot be certain that cultural background is the reason for the difference in behavior because
a. the groups differed in many ways other than cultural background.
b. the researchers ignored cultural norms in their interpretations.
c. language differences posed a barrier in communicating about the visual displays.
d. the researchers used random rather than systematic assignment.
a
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a. True b. False
Pavlov is to Skinner as
a. psychologist is to physiologist. b. classical conditioning is to operant conditioning. c. reward is to reinforcement. d. voluntary is to involuntary.
In order to generate a _____ sample, Pam selected every 10th name off of the registrar's alphabetical list of all students at her university. All of the students at the university represent the _____ and Pam used the _____ sampling technique
a. random; sample; random b. representative; population; random c. representative; sample; cluster d. representative; population; cluster
Maturation is defined as the
a. physical growth and development of the body, brain, and nervous system. b. organism's ability to adapt to changing conditions. c. sum of all the external conditions affecting development. d. transmission of physical and psychological characteristics from parent to offspring.