Recent research suggests that ability tests _________ the performance of minorities
a) under-represent
b) over-represent
c) under-predict
d) over-predict
D
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One example of positive practice to reduce verbal insults is
a. giving multiple compliments. b. apologizing for the behavior. c. explaining why the behavior was wrong. d. defending the verbal insults.
A researcher studying the effect of a dietary supplement on sleep finds that research participants who take the supplement sleep an average of 7 hours and 25 minutes per night, while participants who were given a placebo pill with no active ingredients in it sleep for an average of 7 hours and 20 minutes. These findings are likely a. statistically significant
b. clinically insignificant. c. Statistically insignificant. d. clinically significant.
When Csikszentmihalyi asked people to identify a moment when they felt most alive, participants in his study said that
A. they were engaged in a challenging task. B. the task demanded the person's full concentration. C. each step in the task seemed to flow automatically to the next. D. all of the above
The pattern of associations among items of information within one's memory is referred to as
a. memory structure. b. eidetic imagery. c. priming. d. mnemonics.