In one of the earliest social psychological experiments, Triplett (1898) had children wind fishing reels as quickly as they could. He found that
a. the children were fastest when observed by the experimenter.
b. winding times were faster without an audience than with an audience.
c. the children were faster when working next to another child rather than alone.
d. the children were faster working alone than with a partner.
c
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While Maria's just-born baby is getting an identification bracelet, eye drops, and a vitamin K shot, what is going on in the third stage of childbirth for Maria?
a. She is being administered more anesthesia. b. The placenta and fetal membranes are expelled. c. She is being released from the hospital. d. Similar to her infant, Maria is also being given a vitamin K shot.
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A. the 3 K’s B. the 7 A’s C. the 12 steps D. the 5 A’s
A population has ? = 50 . What value of ? would make X = 55 an extreme value out in the tail of the distribution?
a. ? = 1 b. ? = 5 c. ? = 10 d. Cannot determine with the information given