Elena moved to the United States from Guatemala when she was 6 years old. She speaks Spanish fluently but has limited ability to understand English. Research shows that if her school curriculum integrates both Spanish and English, she will ________.
A. lose proficiency in both languages
B. improve in English proficiency but gradually lose her ability to speak Spanish
C. improve in Spanish efficiency but fall behind in English reading skills
D. acquire English more easily
Answer: D
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A. participants were assigned to the various conditions on the basis of representative criteria. B. the experimental situation engages participants and leads them to behave naturally and spontaneously. C. there can be reasonable certainty that the independent variables in an experiment caused the observed effects on the dependent variables. D. there can be reasonable confidence that the same results would be obtained for other people and in other situations
Suppose that you are a prosecutor and you want to ensure that the accused is convicted of the most serious charges possible. Given what is known about the role of fear in persuasion, which strategy is likely to be most effective?
a. showing jurors how easily they could become victims of similar crimes b. reminding jurors repeatedly of how crime has impacted the accused's life c. showing jurors gruesome crime scene photos during expert testimony d. reminding jurors repeatedly of their responsibility to the community
A Cohen's d value of .5 would be viewed as indicative of a effect
a. medium b. small c. large d. very large
If a researcher told participants that her study was about visual perception rather than what it is really on, conformity, she would be utilizing a. debriefing
b. no risk. c. an informed consent. d. deception.