A researcher is hired to document the effects of a management seminar on managers' effectiveness. This kind of research is
a. critical multiplism
b. program evaluation
c. quasi-experimentation
d. outcome analysis
e. decision research
B
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. When confronted with two or more possible interpretations of an object's shape, we tend to perceive the simplest one. 2. The Gestalt grouping principle of similarity states that elements of a visual image that move together are perceived as parts of a single moving object. 3. When shown an image with an ambiguous figure and ground, such as the Rubin vase, we tend to perceive both possible interpretations simultaneously. 4. Image-based object recognition theories are challenged by the fact that we easily recognize the face of our mothers from the faces of other women. 5. Parts-based object recognition theories argue that object recognition involves deconstructing objects into geons.
Which of the following factors is most likely to influence an individual's perceptual set?
a. Their height b. Their culture c. Their gender d. Their eye color
The independent variable in a research study is:
a. the result b. the performance of the participants c. the variable measured by the experimenter d. the variable manipulated by the experimenter e. a variable that stays constant
The formal discipline of psychology, as we know it today, began:
a. in Ancient Greece. b. in the Middle Ages. c. in the 1600s. d. in the 1800s.