Ruth Howard is best known for:
a. being the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in psychology
b. being the first Latina woman to receive a Ph.D. in psychology
c. being the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in psychology
d. being the first Native American woman to receive a Ph.D. in psychology
C
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Identify a true statement about people who are unable to develop positive relationships during young adulthood
a. They prefer to live in isolation. b. They avoid social contacts and reject other people. c. They fear intimacy. d. All of these are correct.
During the 1960s and 1970s, social psychologists who favored laboratory experiments rebuffed critics about the limitations of laboratory work by arguing that a. critics' concerns regarding experimenter bias were exaggerated and misplaced. b. it did not matter that some studies were unethical because the benefits of running these experimentsoutweighed the costs
c. experimental studies were easier to conduct than non-experimental studies. d. the theoretical principles being tested in the lab were widely applicable across eras and cultures.
We want to predict a person's happiness from the following variables: degree of optimism, success in school, and number of close friends. What type of statistical test can tell us whether these variables predict a person's happiness?
a. factorial ANOVA b. multiple comparison c. regression d. multiple regression
Peter was attacked by a black cat when he was young. Due to this, he developed a fear of cats. A few years later, his parents got him a black kitten, and his fear gradually extinguished. On his way to work one day, he saw a black cat running toward him and felt his old fear resurfacing. In this scenario, the recurrence of Peter's fear of cats is known as _____
A) regularization B) systemic desensitization C) spontaneous recovery D) counterconditioning