_______________ is a statistical estimate of the proportion of the total variance in some trait that is attributable to genetic differences among individuals within a group
a. Reciprocal determinism
b. Heritability
c. Factor analysis
d. Congruence
Answer: b
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In implementing an affirmative action policy, an employer should do all of the following except
a. set and communicate clear and explicit qualifications criteria. b. emphasize the target applicant's unique contributions to the organization. c. clearly inform employees that the use of a quota is, in certain cases, justifiable. d. provide the target applicant and coworkers with specific feedback about the target's qualifications.
In general, social psychologists believe that natural selection happens at a(n) ____
a. group level rather than an individual level b. individual level rather than a group level c. cultural level rather than a group level d. group level rather than a cultural level
Your friend thinks that laughter is associated with better health. Based on the information in the textbook, you can tell him that ____
a. ?there has been no scientific research on the subject b. ?the scientific research has shown that not laughing is a cause of disease c. ?the scientific research has shown that there is no association d. ?the scientific research has shown that there is an association
Recall from your text that researchers gave students false
feedback about their abilities to distinguish between false and real suicide notes. At the conclusion of the study, the researchers informed the students that their feedback was in no way related to their actual performance. However, on a subsequent task where the students had to estimate their performance on a similar task, they used this false feedback to guide their estimates. This is an example of A) belief perseverance. B) the confirmation bias. C) the hindsight bias. D) overconfidence.