The mean, variance, and standard deviation allow you to compare a particular score against
other scores in the same distribution. What measure allows you to compare a particular score
against scores in other distributions?
A) mean squares B) interval estimates
C) SD scores D) z scores
D
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Studies of congenially blind individuals suggest that facial expressions of emotion are _____
a) genetically encoded and not socially learned b) socially learned and not genetically encoded c) both socially learned and genetically encoded d) neither socially learned nor genetically encoded
Explain what a chi-Square test tells us about relationships between categorical variables.
What will be an ideal response?
When you solve a crossword puzzle using certain mental shortcuts, you are using cognitive strategies psychologists call:
a) algorithms. b) heuristics. c) divergent thinking. d) inductive reasoning.
Bea went to college because she was expected to do so: her parents had, she was smart, and her teachers encouraged her. She took courses that interested her and wanted to major in studio art. Her father urged her to choose a "practical" major, like economics, in which she had some experience but no interest. Her mother encouraged her to study what she liked, saying that she'd probably get married and wouldn't work that long. Bea was torn between the cost of education and the chances of supporting herself as an artist, but chose to major in studio art. According to Carl Rogers' theories, which best describes the process underlying Bea's behavior?
A. She upheld her actualizing tendency. B. She acted on her self-concept. C. She was true to her organismic valuing system. D. She acted on her external locus of control.