Inhelder and Piaget gave their research subjects the "pendulum problem" to assess
a. their level of social cooperation while solving it.
b. how self-esteem predicts their persistence at the task.
c. their ability to apply inductive scientific reasoning.
d. how success/failure at a previous task affected their interest in solving.
C
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What do researchers think occurs with genes during aging?
A. Many genes become recessive. B. Many genes become dominant. C. Existing genes become more or less active. D. Genes lose their ability to be inherited.
The concept of common ground was discussed in connection with the social context of speech. Common ground means that
a. a speaker must coordinate gestures with spoken language. b. the linearization problem should not dominate the social components of speech. c. two speakers must agree to reveal similar amounts of personal information about themselves. d. the speakers share somewhat similar information and experiences.
Researchers usually make theory-based __________ or predictions about what findings they
expect to uncover. Fill in the blanks with correct word
A statistical procedure in which a sample statistic is used to estimate the value of an unknown population parameter is called ______.
A. estimation B. proportion of variance C. significance testing D. entanglement