Provide an example of a variable measured on a(n): nominal scale, ordinal scale, interval scale, and ratio scale

What will be an ideal response?


Nominal: gender; ethnicity
Ordinal: letter grade; class rank
Interval: Fahrenheit temperature; SAT score
Ratio: percentage grade on an exam; weight

Psychology

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Psychologists who support ____ theories suggest that certain basic cognitive abilities are biologically built or prewired into the neural make-up of humans

a. behavioral b. evolutionary c. humanistic d. psychoanalytic

Psychology

Which of the following hassles is an example of environmental hassles?

A) Noise B) Job dissatisfaction C) Terrorism D) Shopping

Psychology

The ____________________ approach to personality that stresses human experience, not human nature, is the primary determinant of personality

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

Vivid recollections of emotionally significant events, such as the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school, the Boston Marathon bombing, your high school graduation, or your first date, are known as

A. eidetic images. B. flashbulb memories. C. echoic memories. D. recovered memories.

Psychology