Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
A university administrator obtained scores from a random sample of 66 college athletes on measures of verbal IQ (x1), spatial IQ (x2), digit span (x3), problem solving (x4), and GPA (y). The sum of squares for the ? values was 20 and the sum of squares for y was 100. From these numbers, we can determine that R_Adj^2 = .15.
Ans: T
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a. the same kind of learning mechanisms that humans use in acquiring other cognitive skills. b. an innate ability to acquire language. c. a neural unit in the temporal lobe of the cortex that is "programmed" shortly before birth. d. listeners' skills in coordinating phonemes with the lip position of a speaker.
__________is the acquisition of knowledge and skills by watching others rather than by means of direct experience
A) Systematic desensitization B) Cognitive mapping C) Observational learning D) Free association E) Select
The term phenomenological experience refers to
a. the experience of an unusual event. b. our internal awareness of the external world. c. our verbal reports of our internal states. d. perceiving an event from the viewpoint of another person.
Researchers are attempting to assess if cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment for depression. Participants with unipolar depression are assessed and then randomly assigned to either a treatment group or a control group. The treatment group receives CBT twice per week for 6 weeks. The control group receives no treatment. At the end of the 6 weeks, the depression levels of
both groups are reassessed. This study found that CBT treatment was more effective than no treatment but is limited because it did not control for A) natural improvement. B) placebo effects. C) preexisting differences among participants. D) participant gender.