Imagine that your friend James has just taken up the habit of smoking cigars because he thinks it makes him look cool. You are concerned about the detrimental effects of smoking on his health, and you raise that concern to him. James gets a bit annoyed with your criticism and says "George Burns smoked cigars, and he lived to be 100!" You might point out that a major problem with his "George
Burns" argument involves
a. framing.
b. the conjunction rule.
c. sample size.
d. none of these
c
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a. one b. two c. three d. four e. five
Moses is seeing a therapist for his fear of public speaking. His therapist offers him genuineness, empathy, and unconditional positive regard. What type of therapy is Moses most likely receiving?
a. ?psychoanalysis b. ?rational-emotive therapy c. ?client-centered therapy d. ?Beck’s therapy
A number of students volunteered for an experiment that required them to follow a special diet. The researchers wanted to determine the effects of a diet high in grain content on blood cholesterol levels. What is the special diet in this experiment?
a) control variable b) dependent variable c) extraneous variable d) independent variable
Most of Harter's research has been conducted with
a. middle-class Canadian adolescents. b. middle-class American adolescents. c. American college students. d. British adolescents in foster homes.