Initial reports in the media that listening to classical music
made students more intelligent were followed by several failed attempts to reproduce the effects in the laboratories of other researchers. This is an example of the failure to
A) accurately communicate.
B) achieve parsimony.
C) correlate.
D) replicate.
Answer: D
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Barbara, an American, believes that all French people hate Americans, are rude, and love to drink wine. Barbara's beliefs are an example of
a. in-group favoritism. b. discrimination. c. out-group homogeneity. d. out-group heterogeneity. e. out-group favoritism.
In the __________ model, abnormality is seen as an illness that is caused physically and that can be treated physically.
A. social-learning B. medical C. humanist D. psychodynamic
Preterm and low-birthweight babies are at a higher risk of infant mortality
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The body's reminding system
a. involves sharp, fast pain that seems to come from specific body areas. b. is carried by large nerve fibers. c. can cause agony long after an injury has healed or with terminal illness when a reminder is useless. d. is characterized by all of these.