According to the chapter Some Like It Hotabout personality and situational predictors of aggression, why
did the researchers exclude participants who were suspicious about the experimental methods?
(a) the researchers did not want these participants to be distracted and fail to pay attention to the study
(b) the researchers thought these participants may have figured out what the researchers were looking for, which could affect their results
(c) the researchers thought these participants were too smart to be included in the study
(d) the researchers wanted to include only participants who followed instructions without question
B
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the __________ approach. a. narrative b. personal fable c. projective d. situation test
Your nephew was born in mid-June, so you had two months to play with him before you left for school. It seemed like your nephew really enjoyed when you rocked and held him. When you saw him next at Christmas, he was six months old
What was his likely reaction to seeing you again? a. He acted overjoyed to see you because he remembered you. b. He was afraid as if he had stranger anxiety. c. He acted like he had no idea who you were, but smiled at you. d. He was happy to see you because he was too young for stranger anxiety.
Offering additional benefits to someone before they have time to decide whether to comply or reject a request is an effective technique for obtaining ________
FIll in the blank with correct word.
A researcher can claim that the independent variable in an experiment caused the results only by
A. proving that the experiment has high external validity. B. eliminating experimental control and randomization. C. keeping the dependent variable constant. D. eliminating competing, alternative explanations.