Which of the following occurrences do ESP researchers regard as evidence that parapsychological skills are very fragile,
while ESP skeptics regard it as evidence that the ESP demonstration was just a run of luck?
a. stroboscopic movement
b. the Barnum effect
c. the decline effect
d. successful replication of the ESP experiment
ANSWER: c
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a. at their own past experience b. toward the physical world c. to each other d. toward other species
When one designs a system of ideas so that concepts and facts are interrelated in such a way that existing data is summarized and future observations can be predicted, then this system of ideas is known as a(n)
a. hypothesis. b. theory. c. commonsense statement. d. operational definition.
Normal conversation is usually decibels
a. 20 b. 40 c. 60 d. 80
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a) ego-dystonic homosexuality b) pathological homosexuality c) psychosomatic homosexuality d) sexual identity disorder