If a researcher tested 1000 people and found that women received significantly higher scores on the verbal portion of the SAT than did men, this would mean that ____
a. among the sample that was tested, women's scores were definitely higher than men's (even if the difference is very small)—though there might not be a difference in the population at large
b. among the sample that was tested, women's scores were at least 5% higher than men's—though there might not be a difference in the population at large
c. in the population at large, women's scores are likely higher than men's (even if the difference is very small)
d. in the population at large, women's scores are likely higher than men's—by a score difference of at least 5%
C
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a. Jim had a busy week last week. b. Jim had a lot on his mind last week. c. Jim had a lot going on last week in terms of his interpersonal relationships. d. Jim had a poor sense of reality last week (in terms of who he was, where he was, what the date was, and so forth).
In the context of classical conditioning, the reemergence of an extinguished conditioned response after a period of rest and with no further conditioning is known as
A. positive reinforcement. B. habituation. C. spontaneous recovery. D. extinction.
Think back to Festinger and Carlsmith's (1959) classic study on cognitive dissonance. As compared to participants who were paid $20 for doing a boring task, those participants who were paid $1 for doing the same task:
a) liked the task more. b) liked the task less. c) liked the task equally as much. d) were less likely to tell their friends to do the task.
The goals of community reparative boards include all the following except:
A. promote citizen ownership of process. B. provide an opportunity for the offender to take personal responsibility. C. provide opportunity for victims and community members to confront offenders in a constructive manner. D. provide an opportunity for the community to enact changes in the law to match their local customs.