Suppose that some researchers conduct a study about cognitive abilities, and they find a relatively large gender difference. From this information, you would expect to find that
a. the overlap in the frequency distributions for males and females will be relatively small.
b. the gender difference is likely to be biologically based (e.g., caused by hormonal differences).
c. the same results are likely to be obtained if the study is conducted in a different social setting.
d. the same results are likely to be obtained if the study is conducted with participants who are either older or younger.
A
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a. field experiment b. survey c. naturalistic observation d. laboratory experiment
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a. perirhinal cortex. b. entorhinal cortex. c. parahippocampal cortex. d. associational cortex.
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a. Deterministic b. Relativistic c. Probabilistic d. Absolutistic
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A. cause friction between patients and family members. B. decrease patients' cognitive functioning. C. decrease caregiver burden. D. have no effect on patients or family members.