Chapter 5
Refer to the research study described on pages 126 - 128 of your textbook to answer the following question.
What type of research design are the researchers using in this study? Explain your answer. (Hint: Review the Research Methodologies section in Chapter 1 for help in answering this question and Question 3.)
What will be an ideal response?
This is an experiment – subjects saw rotating and non-rotating trials and the blank screen time (i.e., delay) was changed from trial to trial. Figure 5.11 shows the different kinds of trials.
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a. has better validity documentation than most group tests. b. does not correlate with traditional tests such as the Wechsler or Binet Scales. c. predicts creativity. d. minimizes the effects of language and culture.
What two types of leaders tend to emerge in group settings?What two types of leaders tend to emerge in group settings?
a) democratic and laissez-faire b) democratic and task-oriented c) democratic and socially-oriented d) socially oriented and task-oriented
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a. recessive b. dominance c. mitochondrial d. multi-factorial
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).