If I say "I like Jeff and Mary more than I like Sue and Tom, I am making a statement that reflects this scale of measurement
a. ordinal c. interval
b. ratio d. impossible to determine
A
We know the relative liking of the people involved, but we don't know how much more I like some people than others.
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What evidence CONFLICTS with the idea that you are born with mirror neurons that produce imitation? a. Newborn infants sometimes imitate the facial expressions that they see
b. Children with autism have been reported to have fewer mirror neurons. c. Neurons that produce one movement can learn to respond to seeing a different one. d. Mirror neurons occur in some brain areas more than others.
What is the difference between the guilty-knowledge test and the more usual polygraph test?
a. The guilty-knowledge test measures brain activity instead of autonomic responses. b. The guilty-knowledge test uses written questions instead of spoken questions c. The guilty-knowledge test probes unconscious thoughts instead of conscious ones. d. The guilty-knowledge test should make some people nervous and not others.
Adolescent emotionality is often attributed to "raging hormones," and most scholars view the emotional changes of adolescence as due to ____ more than to ____
a. social and emotional factors; behavioral consequences b. behavioral consequences; social and emotional factors c. cognitive and environmental factors; biological changes d. biological changes; cognitive and emotional factors
This is the study of the extent to which behavioral differences are due to genetics rather than the environment.
A. The biobehavioral approach B. The genetic-environmental perspective C. Behavioral genetics D. The biopsychosocial model