Luri decides to conduct a study to examine whether pre-school boys and girls spend more time talking to same-sex or opposite sex children. In this example, preschool children represents_____________

a. the variable
b. the hypothesis
c. the population
d. the sample


Answer: d

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Janet maintains the same position for hours. However, on rare occasions, she will suddenly become excited and run around the room in circles, only to return to her frozen position. Janet appears to have:

A. paranoid schizophrenia B. disorganized schizophrenia C. affective schizophrenia D. catatonic schizophrenia

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Gino and Flynn (2011) wanted to find out whether people prefer to receive a requested gift, an unrequested gift, or money as a gift. According to the empirical evidence gathered, these researchers found that the gift recipients

a. preferred a requested gift. b. preferred an unrequested gift. c. preferred money as a gift. d. showed an equal preference for all three types of gifts.

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Which statement is TRUE about the effects of sleep?

a. ?Sleep does not aid in the processing of memories that have already been encoded. b. ?The body’s immunity to disease can be decreased through sleep. c. ?Sleep can aid in physical growth. d. ?Listening to tapes of something you want to learn while sleeping can facilitate learning.

Psychology

Julianna is a chemistry professor and is established in her career

Even after 20 years of employment, she enjoys her work thoroughly and intends on staying there until retirement. Based on the research by Donald Super, in which of the phases of career development is Julianna? a) the growth stage b) the maintenance stage c) the stabilization stage d) the exploratory stage

Psychology