Research into personality that focuses on individual cases or events is _________________ research.
a. idiothetic
b. idiographic
c. nomographic
d. nomothetic
Answer: b. idiographic
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The paradigms presented in your text make assumptions about the causes of abnormal behavior that can be too
a. broad. b. narrow. c. untestable. d. vague.
The "confirmation bias" is the tendency to do what?
a. Express too much confidence in your answers on difficult questions. b. Do something you won't enjoy, just because you already paid for it. c. Look for evidence to support your current belief d. Answer a question differently, depending on how someone phrases it.
According to the discussion of gender comparisons in verbal ability, a meta-analysis reported an effect size of 0.11 . From this information, you can conclude that
a. 11% of the studies reported a significant gender difference. b. the effect size is so low that the researchers' expectations must have influenced the results. c. most studies reported significant gender differences, although the size of the gender difference was small. d. in general, males and females do not differ in their verbal ability.
Suppose that you are in charge of the Psychology Club's annual picnic, and you need to fill each student's lunch container with a main course (beef, chicken, or vegan), as well as a dessert (lemon or chocolate)
The most effective way to represent this information would be to create a. a matrix. b. a graph c. symbols d. a diagram