According to Chapter 4, one common reason why research participants do not answer the question(s) that a researcher intended is:
A) the testing effects
B) the inherently low reliability of many psychological responses
C) that the research participants have a difficult time taking the perspective of the researcher
D) that the researcher has a difficult time taking the perspective of the research participants
D
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Whose "formula" for intelligence is, "intelligence" = "g" + "s"?
a. Raymond Cattell b. Charles Spearman c. J.P. Guilford d. Louis Thurstone
Simple random sampling is least likely to ____
a. ensure that each individual has an equal chance of selection b. remove all bias and discrimination from the selection process c. guarantee that every individual in the population has a chance of being selected d. guarantee that the sample will be representative and unbiased
Clyde takes an antihistamine, but he doesn't realize that the medication will also increase his overall level of autonomic arousal. Thirty minutes after he has taken the medication, he is introduced to Roxanne. If Clyde incorrectly attributes his increased arousal as attraction for Roxanne, it would lend support to:
a. the two-factor theory of emotion b. the commonsense view of emotions c. the James-Lange theory of emotion d. the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
Nerve impulses travel more slowly in babies than in older children and adults because _________
a. an infant does not have as many synaptic connections as an adult has. b. dendrites and axons take time to develop in infants. c. neurons are much shorter in infants than in adults. d. the myelin sheaths on axons are not yet fully developed in infants.