The traditional view about the normal curve in psychology is that normal curves are
A) rare in nature, but often occur in psychological studies.
B) common in nature, but psychological measures rarely yield normally distributed scores.
C) almost guaranteed because of the way psychological measures are developed.
D) rare both in nature and in the distributions of scores in psychological research.
C
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a. behavioral undercontrol b. need for sameness c. schizotypy d. introversion
In one version of the Deutsch and Krauss (1960) trucking experiment the two participants were given the opportunity to communicate with one another during the simulation. The results of that variation suggest that
a. communication is an effective means for reducing conflict. b. the communication of one’s intensions can reduce conflict. c. since the participants communicated mostly threats, it did not quell the conflict. d. participants were not able to understand others clearly, and so communication had no effect on conflict. e. personal conflict cannot be undone through communication.
What percentage of the U.S. population has been diagnosed with intellectual disability?
A) 2 to 3% B) 5 to 6% C) 8 to 9% D) 10%
Recently, you took your nephew, Jamie, to a local fast food restaurant
When you took Jamie home, he told his mother, "We drove to Wendy's, we got out of the car, we stood in line, I got a Kid's Meal with chicken nuggets and milk, and I got a cool toy, too." Jamie's recall of the visit to Wendy's was mostly correct but Wendy's was out of milk so Jamie got a soft drink instead. What can you tell Jamie's mother about scripts and how they can influence memory that might explain Jamie's incorrect memory of his lunch? What will be an ideal response?