Before the meeting, each of several city council members was tentatively considering an air pollution ordinance. After the meeting, they expressed strong support of the ordinance. This outcome is an example of
a. group polarization.
b. social loafing.
c. a social dilemma.
d. social facilitation.
a
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A research study done through showing that psychology faculty at 4-year colleges are more likely to be male than female would be an example of a(n)
A. Experiment B. Quasi- experiment C. Case study D. Correlational study
Ellen was kicked by a horse as a child. She now has a severe fear of horses. Even pictures of horses can make her sweat and feel anxious. Ellen's behaviour demonstrates:
A) classical conditioning. B) operant conditioning. C) observational learning. D) instrumental learning.
If a correlation coefficient that you expected to be fairly high, turns out to be very low, you should investigate whether there is a:
a. restrictive range on one or both variables. b. curvilinear relationship between the variables. c. third variable inhibiting the relationship. d. restrictive range on one or both variables and a curvilinear relationship between the variables.
A distribution can have more than one ____ but can have only one _____
a. median; mode or mean b. mean; mode or median c. mode; median or mean d. median or mode; mean