In their study of college students' attributionsof essay writers' beliefs about Fidel Castro,
Jones and Harris found that information about the essay writers' situation
a. produced two different attributions.
b. caused students to rely on consistency only.
c. caused students to rely on distinctiveness only.
d. produced only dispositional attributions.
e. caused students to rely on consensus only.
d. produced only dispositional attributions.
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A survey in the 1990s found that 40-year-olds reported more lifetime sex partners than did 50-year-olds. What is the most likely explanation? a. Customs had changed from one era to another
b. Either the 50-year-olds had forgotten, or they were lying. c. People have more sexual activity at age 40 than at age 50. d. The 40-year-olds and 50-year-olds used different definitions of "sex partner.".
Esteban has a job that pays well, and he recently moved to a neighborhood where there is little crime. Lately, he finds that he is thinking seriously about finding the right person to settle down with and raising a family. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, at this point in time, Esteban is MOST likely motivated by
a. aesthetic needs. b. belongingness and love needs. c. esteem needs. d. the need for self-actualization.
Kiera is interested is assessing the degree of relationship between whether or not students belong to a fraternity or sorority and the number of hours they spend volunteering each week. Kiera should use the _____ correlation coefficient to assess this relationship
a. partial b. point-biserial c. phi d. Pearson product-moment
In what important way do modern brain studies differ from the studies performed in the early days of cognitive neuroscience?
A. Modern studies allow researchers to examine brain activity in research subjects who have no problems with memory, speech, or learning. B. Early studies were based on dozens or hundreds of human subjects, but more recent studies focus on only one or two people per study. C. Early studies focused on the frontal lobe, while more recent studies have concentrated almost exclusively on the temporal lobe. D. Recent studies examine more subjects but can be significantly less accurate because the subjects have no cognitive deficits.