A false belief that is firmly and consistently held despite contradictory evidence or logic is a ____
a. distortion
b. loose association
c. delusion
d. hallucination
c
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According to the National Center for Health Statistics (2011), what were the life expectancies in 2011 of European Americans and African Americans in the United States when ethnicity was taken into account?
a) The life expectancy for European Americans was 79 years and for African Americans was 75 years. b) The life expectancy for European Americans was 95 years and for African Americans was 85 years. c) The life expectancy for European Americans was 62 years and for African Americans was 92 years. d) The life expectancy for European Americans was 72 years and for African Americans was 95 years.
You are walking down the street and see someone lying motionless on the ground. You are most likely to help if you are ____.?
a. ?alone and hear the person groaning b. ?with a stranger and hear the person groaning c. ?alone and the person directly asks you for help d. ?with a friend and the person directly asks you for help
The results of a significance test are stated as a
a. correlation. b. probability. c. standard deviation. d. mean.
A method of studying developmental changes by evaluating the same people at different points in their lives is a ______ study
a. cross-sectional c. longitudinal b. strain d. biographical