Operational definitions are employed in order to ____
a. explain how hypotheses relate to larger theories
b. state how one variable affects another variable
c. explain how independent variables are manipulated by the experimenter
d. clarify what the researcher means by a particular variable
d
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The scientific study of mental processes in the broadest sense - thinking, feeling, learning, and remembering - is ________ psychology
a. behavioral b. humanistic c. cognitive d. existential
Although she is normally not aware of its existence, Ingrid discovers that she has a blind spot in her vision by closing one eye and focusing on a fixed point. What explains why Ingrid has this blind spot in her vision?
a. She suffers from retinal degeneration. b. She is experiencing sensory adaptation. c. No photoreceptors are located where the optic nerve leaves the eye. d. There is insufficient light to activate her rods.
A statistical estimate of the size of an observed effect for a group or population of interest is called ______.
A. sampling B. randomization C. existing data D. effect size
Candace is Anglo American. She has been hospitalized three times for schizophrenia. She returned to her family after each hospitalization and continued taking medication. However, she always relapsed after about five months. Her family probably __________.
A. includes a schizophrenogenic mother B. needs to be educated about schizophrenia C. is high in expressed emotion D. includes at least one other person with schizophrenia at home