Which of the following is what we mean by "statistics"?
a. average of the heights of college basketball teams
b. a set of procedures for handling data
c. the batting averages of the local baseball team's starting players
d. All of the above are examples of statistics.
D
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Although the primary development and founding of the functionalist school of thought occurred at the University of Chicago, another approach was shaped at ____.?
a. ?Columbia University b. ?University of Chicago, Lakeside c. ?Harvard University d. ?Clark University e. ?Yale University
Charles is a Red Sox fan who does not think highly of Yankees fans. Which statement that Charles made in the past week is most consistent with the concept of out group homogeneity? a. "Obnoxious, rude, and prone to throwing batteries… if you've seen one Yankees fan, you've seen them all.". b. "I knew one Yankees fan who wasn't bad, but his wife was a Red Sox fan, so he doesn't count.". c
"The thing about Yankees fans is that some of them just jump on the bandwagon and root for their teamthrough good times and bad times.". d. "My two favorite teams are the Red Sox and anyone who's playing against the Yankees.".
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. Social behavior evolves and is transmitted from generation to generation. b. Behavior patterns are termed species-specific because they evolve within certain species. c. Instinctive behavior can be modified by learning. d. Psychologists have found no human behaviors that are instinctive.
Which of the following statements is true regarding babbling?
Hearing babies will begin to babble at around 6–9 months of age, while deaf babies begin to babble much earlier. Babbling follows baby talk in the normal sequence of language development for all children. All babies will babble at around 6–9 months of age regardless of native language, hearing, or deafness. Babbling is found primarily in languages that have their roots in Latin. Children of Asian birth do not babble.