In an experiment examining how alcohol influences male judgments of female attractiveness, one group of participants is given non-alcoholic beer before they make their judgments. This would be classified as a placebo control condition
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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a. ?having a rich vocabulary on the topic b. ?two-way interactions as an infant in the form of conversation c. ?the number of phonemes in the language d. ?a critical gene mutation in the FOXP-2 gene
How has the rate of serious crime changed in recent years? A. It was decreasing for several years and then dropped substantially between 2008 and 2009
B. It was decreasing for several years and then increased substantially between 2008 and 2009. C. It has stayed at approximately the same level for the last 30 years. D. It stayed at the same level for 20 years and then rose abruptly in the last 10 years.
In the research study described by your authors where married couples were asked how sure they were about the future of their relationship, what was demonstrated?
a. Outside observers were able to determine accurately how certain each partner was based on the amount of eye contact that they made during their conversation. b. Men were more "certain" of the future of their relationship if both partners rated their sexual interactions favorably. c. Women were more dominating of conversations that included emotional questions. d. A person's assessment of their partner's behavior was influenced by the level of certainty they felt about their relationship.
The sampling distribution of a statistic _________
a. gives all the values a statistic can take b. gives the probability of getting each value of a statistic under the assumption it had resulted due to chance alone c. is a probability distribution d. all of these