Stereotypes assume that members of the same group must have distinct differences between them

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


F

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Which of these would be BAD advice for interviewing a young child about possible child abuse? a. Ask simple, open-ended questions such as "Tell me what happened."

b. Interview the child as soon as possible. c. Encourage the child to draw a picture of what happened. d. Encourage the child to act out the event with an anatomically detailed doll.

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Which statement describes a difference between a hypothesis and a theory?

A) A hypothesis establishes a general principle through experiments, whereas a theory is based on a specific observation that is limited to a single instance. B) A hypothesis explains a set of theories, whereas a theory explains a set of laws. C) A hypothesis is a falsifiable prediction made by a theory, whereas a theory is a hypothetical explanation of a natural phenomenon. D) A hypothesis needs to be proven to be true, whereas a theory is inherently true.

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Referring to behavior and personality as polygenic means that both are

A. influenced by only a few genes, but each has a large effect. B. influenced by many genes, with each individual gene contributing a relatively small effect. C. influenced by individual genes only rarely. D. a result of our genetic structure only.

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"Oh MAN," you complain! "I knew that I should have sold my stock in Google when it was over $600 a share! Now it is under $400 a share and I lost all of my profits."

This kind of statement that suggests that we knew the right path to take after it is too late is what researchers call __________ bias. a. extraneous b. observer c. hindsight d. double-blind

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