A research assistant who pretends to be a participant in a research study is called a(n) ______.
A. confederate
B. placebo
C. deceptor
D. fabricator
Answer: A
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Stephon knows someone whose brother received a very lucrative contract to play professional basketball for the National Basketball Association (NBA). With this success story in mind, he ignores the statistics that indicate a very low probability that anyone will make it to the NBA and overestimates his own chances of making it. This scenario best illustrates
a. the covariation principle. b. the base-rate fallacy. c. non-correspondent inferences. d. the actor-observer effect.
Which of the following conditions that affects women has been included in DSM-5 as a mood disorder, after previously being called "late luteal phase dysphoric disorder?"
A) Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder B) Climacteric Dissatisfaction Disorder C) Genito-Pelvic Penetration/Pain disorder D) Menopause Dyspareunic Disorder
The ability of an amputee to develop the skills needed to control a prosthetic limb is an example of which characteristic of the human brain?
a. Integration b. Redundancy c. Sophistication d. Adaptability
Piaget's theory is described as a constructivist approach because he
A) stressed the social and cultural contributions to children's thinking. B) viewed children as discovering virtually all knowledge about their world through their own activity. C) emphasized how genetic and environmental factors combine to yield more complex ways of thinking. D) believed that children construct knowledge through adult training and modeling.