Chapter 10 discussed a study by Clark and Wilkes-Gibbs in which two people try to communicate about the order in which various geometric figures are to be arranged. The research showed that
a. people could not accomplish this task unless they were close friends.
b. people soon developed a shorthand communication system.
c. people typically increased their hand gestures at the same time that they decreased their verbal output.
d. people seem to remain fairly stable across trials in terms of the number of turns required to agree upon a figure.
Ans: b
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a. yell at his mother b. yell at his sister c. go and tell his father what the mother said d. yell at his father
Pat notices that when thunder can be heard in the distance, her dog, Rudy, hides under her desk, and she believes that the thunder causes Rudy to hide. Her friend Gregg points out that there are other changes associated with thunder, including changes in barometric pressure. Gregg has pointed out a(n) ____
a. random variation b. control factor c. covariation bias d. third variable problem
Jake was found by the court not to be legally responsible for his violent actions and was subsequently involuntarily committed to a mental hospital. Thus, the court ruled Jake to be
a. insane. b. neurotic. c. statistically abnormal. d. socially nonconforming.
The idea that all events, physical, mental, and behavioral, are the result of, or are determined by, specific causal factors is known as
a. hypothesis. b. replication. c. generalization. d. determinism.