Chapter 12
Refer to the research study described on pages 344 - 345 of your textbook to answer the following question.
What kind of reasoning is being examined in this study?
What will be an ideal response?
The study examined syllogistic reasoning processes.
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Retrieval of information from memory without a cue is called
a. recognition. b. recall. c. categorization. d. cognition.
In general, studies have indicated that the race of the examiner
a. should be the same as that of the subject. b. should be different than that of the subject. c. is unrelated to test performance. d. is not as important as sex of the examiner.
Most social psychological research has been conducted in the U.S. and a few very similar nations. According to the textbook, how well do findings generalize to other cultures?
a. With only one notable exception, no cross-cultural differences have been found in any area of social psychology. b. In general, there appear to be many large and important cross-cultural differences across areas of social psychology. c. In general, there appear to be many large and important cross-cultural differences for women, but very few cross-cultural differences for men. d. Because not enough research has been replicated cross-culturally, it is not well understood what will or will not generalize.
The difference between "probable limits" and "confidence limits" is that the probable limits
a. focus on estimating where a particular score is likely to lie using a known population mean. b. estimate the kinds of means that we expect. c. try to set limits that have a .95 probability of containing the population mean. d. There is no difference.