What is the critical period? What are teratogens? List four common teratogens and discuss their effects on development.
What will be an ideal response?
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Suppose that you are reading an article about gender comparisons in college students' creativity, and the article concludes that gender differences are small for one particular test of creativity. Based on the introduction to Chapter 5, you could conclude that
a. gender differences would be larger if the researchers had gathered unbiased samples. b. the researchers' expectations probably had little effect on the results of this study. c. the scores of the females and the scores of the males would probably show little overlap. d. these results are consistent with other research on creativity.
The book discusses an experiment by Merrell that examined the effects of Anthrax, Mozart, and no music on the amount of time it took a mouse to run a maze. To determine if there is an overall difference between the three groups, Merrell ran an ANOVA. To determine which means differed for each other, he ran a
a. regression. b. repeated-measures t-test. c. Bonferroni test. d. chi-square.
Painful thoughts are known as
a. obsessions. b. compulsions. c. anxiety. d. panic.
When evaluating a subordinate, Tyrell tries to determine if he or she goes beyond what is strictly expected of them. For example, he was pleased to learn that one of his subordinates stayed late last week to help train a new employee
What aspect is Tyrell evaluating the subordinates on? A) task performance B) altruism C) organizational citizenship behavior D) positive affect