According to the philosopher Hans Reichenbach, it is during the __________ stage of research that scientists formulate the ideas they pursue using the scientific method
a. empirical
b. justification
c. discovery
d. final
Answer: c. discovery
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a. have an unusually high need for affiliation. b. experience feelings of discomfort in circumstances of public scrutiny. c. be very concerned with the overall balance of their relationships. d. be very popular with other people and yet not realize that they are popular.
We want to compare the scores of two different groups of people, those who are high in authoritarianism versus those who are low in authoritarianism, on a scale that measures leadership ability. What is the best statistical test to perform to see if the two groups are different from each other on this measure?
a. paired samples t-test b. t-test for independent groups c. factorial ANOVA d. one way ANOVA
Dr. Jones examined people with and without depression and found that people with depression had more stressful life events. However, the data were later discarded because the investigator found that people with depression simply remembered more stressful life events than people without depression. This example shows the problem of in experiments
a. associations b. faulty analyses c. confounds d. dissociation
For whom is habit reversal least likely to be effective?
a. older adults b. young children c. individuals with motor tics d. A and B