What does a correlation coefficient do?
a. It allows us to draw conclusions about whether one variable causes another variable.
b. It creates a correlational design, rather than an experimental design.
c. It simplifies a complex pattern involving many scores into one easily interpreted statistic.
d. It summarizes the X scores and the Y scores separately.
c
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Alex is playing in a room with his mother nearby. Alex becomes distressed when a stranger enters the room and rushes to his mother's side. When his mother and the stranger leave the room for a moment, Alex wails and cries. However, when his mother returns, he runs to her, and instead of giving her a hug, he punches her in the arm. What type of attachment pattern is Alex demonstrating?
A. avoidant attachment pattern B. secure attachment pattern C. ambivalent attachment pattern D. disorganized-disoriented attachment pattern
A man with a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.30 percent is seen at a hospital. We can guess that this man is ____
a. unconscious or dead c. having trouble walking a straight line b. not an alcoholic d. feeling happy and uninhibited
Levels of processing theory focuses on:
A. how many times information is repeated or rehearsed B. how information is encoded C. where information is stored in long-term memory D. how repressed memories are formed
Examples of a __________ would be the use of a "sugar pill" instead of real medication or tonic water instead of an alcoholic beverage. However, the individual must believe that he or she is experiencing the real thing
a. confederate c. treatment b. placebo d. bias