The largest contributors to political campaigns are typically _____, and the funds generally go to support incumbents
a. political action committees (PACs)
b. many different people from the general population
c. major corporations
d. the national committees of Democrats and Republicans
a
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With a falling birth rate and advances in medicine, there has been a tenfold increase in the ________ segment of the population since 1900
a. adult b. aging c. adolescent d. middle-aged
A researcher conducts a study of familiarity with certain unusual words and the time it takes a participant to press a button indicating whether the word is singular or plural. All participants are given the same words
They rate their familiarity with these words (after the reaction-time part) on a 7-point scale (high = familiar). Below are the scores for the first three participants. That is, for Person A, average familiarity of the words used was 6 and average reaction time was 1.25 seconds. M = 3.67 SD = 1.70 M = 2.08 SD = .80 r = .87 a. Give the Z score prediction formula for predicting reaction time from familiarity. b. Predict the reaction time for a person who rates his or her familiarity as a 5. c. Explain what you have done to a person who is familiar with correlation but not with regression. What will be an ideal response?
According to the author's description, to possess a self means that humans have the ability to
a. evaluate our actions. b. respond to stimuli. c. organize in groups. d. act emotionally.
Studies of tracking show that children placed in nonacademic tracks tend to come from
A. minority groups. B. two-parent families. C. high-income households. D. affluent neighborhoods.