Asch also tried to rule out alternative hypotheses for his findings
He examined whether group norms affected participants' perceptions of the lines, and he then conducted his original study but asked participants to write, rather than call out, their responses. In this condition, he found the answers to be right more than 99 percent of the time. Which of the six principles does this example demonstrate?
A) Extraordinary claims
B) Replicability
C) Occam's Razor
D) Correlation vs. causation
Answer: B
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a. gate control theory of pain c. specificity of pain concept b. the pattern theory d. the diathesis-stress model
The purpose of Kassin and Kiechel's (1996) study using computers and confederates was to
A. reflect the use of false incriminating evidence by police. B. demonstrate the effect of peer pressure in obtaining false. C. reflect the use of plea-bargaining by the police. D. demonstrate that everyday subjects will confess to an undesirable action that they did not commit.
Once within the cerebral cortex, the magnocellular pathway continues, with a ventral branch sensitive to ____.
A. details of shape B. facial features C. movement D. brightness
Cox et al. (1991 ) compared the symptoms of panic in panic disorder patients to students with panic attacks and found that:
a) There was discontinuity between nonclinical and clinical panic, suggesting that panic disorder is a qualitatively discrete disorder b) There was continuity between nonclinical and clinical panic, suggesting that that panic attacks and panic disorder differ in degree but not in kind c) There was substantial evidence of both continuity and discontinuity d) None of the above; no clear pattern emerged so conclusions were not possible