When Sonia hears tomatoes referred to as a fruit she is confused since she had always thought to them as a vegetable. She then goes to the library and checks out a book on the classification of various plants to see just how scientists classify them and why. According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, this student is
a. attempting to assimilate new information into existing schemes.
b. engaging in the process of equilibration.
c. smarter than the average student.
d. In the process of formulating an achievement identity
B
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Charismatic leadership transforms followers' self-concepts and tries to link the identity of the followers to the collective identity of the organization.
What was the hypothesis being tested in this statistical analysis?
Below is text from a report of a consumer research study that used an independent samples t test. This research compared taste preferences for two different types of cookies: Brownie Batter and Chocolate. Consumers were randomly assigned to eat one of the two types of cookies, after which they rated it on a 1 (did not like it at all) to 5 (liked it a lot) range. Use this report to answer the question that follow it. An independent samples t test suggested that participants who ate brownie batter cookie (M = 3.73, SD = 1.19) equally as much as participants who ate a chocolate cookie (M = 4.25, SD = .39), t(18) = -1.32, p = .32, d = 0.59, 95% CI [-1.36, .31].
. Cohen’s kappa is a statistic used to quantify which measure of reliability?
A. interrater reliability B. internal consistency C. test–retest reliability D. discriminant validity
When we say that educational research should be reliable, we are emphasizing:
a. generalizability. b. replicability. c. accuracy. d. interpretability.