FBI statistics show that over the past several years in the United States, the number of reported rapes ____.
A) has been slowly declining
B) has risen dramatically
C) has declined dramatically
D) has remained relatively stable
Answer: B) has risen dramatically
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The question, "How has it happened that the social sciences view...human strengths and virtues...while weakness and negative motivations...are viewed as authentic?" was asked by ____
a. Miller? b. ?Cunningham c. ?Rogers d. Seligman? e. ?Maslow
Motivation is best be defined as a(n) ____
a. ?biological drive to avoid hunger, thirst, and sexual deprivation b. ?learned tendency to seek out rewards c. ?innate need for arousal and stimulation d. ?tendency to desire or seek out positive outcomes and avoid negative ones
Susan, a researcher, conducts a study at a fruit and vegetable stand. She observes the stand's customers for a period of 3 days without their knowledge and notices that people are more likely to buy a bag of fruit and vegetables that they have sampled at random than those that have been sampled nonrandomly by the seller. Which statement is TRUE of Susan's observation?
A) The study is invalid, as the buyers were not informed of the expected outcome of the study. B) Susan has failed to avoid demand characteristics in her study. C) The buyers have considered random samples to be representative of the whole. D) Susan has used a double-blind observation in her study.
Bits of information stored in our memory are called ____
a. ?encoders b. ?memory traces c. ?bins d. ?bytes