A liberal statistical test is one that:
a. minimizes both type I and type II errors.
b. minimizes type I errors but increases type II errors
c. minimizes type II errors but increases type I errors.
d. decreases the chance of type I errors.
c
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a. Vitamin B. b. Narcan. c. Antabuse. d. Valium.
Jazmine is a freshman at college. She is consumed with thoughts of how she might fail, and these thoughts tend to impede her ability to perform well on tests and assignments at college. Her counselor at the student health center has been working with her to develop new ways of thinking and probably emphasizes the perspective
a. cognitive b. behavioral c. humanistic d. psychodynamic
Regarding Robert Plutchik's theory of basic emotions, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Basic emotions can be mixed to yield a third, more complex emotion. b. Jealousy is a mixture of love, anger, and fear. c. Awe, love, aggression, and guilt are four of the basic emotions. d. Each basic emotion can vary in intensity.
John Dewey is usually credited as the founder of Functionalism following the publication of an article that made which of the following points?
a. Functionalism is the psychology of mental operations, not the description of mental elements, among other aspects. b. The adaptive act explains the interrelatedness among three components: a motivating stimulus, a sensory stimulus, and an activity. c. The advancement of psychology requires a mixture of methodologies that includes experimentation, introspection, comparative psychology, and mental testing. d. There was no plausible distinction between the stimuli and movements that made up the components of the reflex arc.