The ________ distribution is an arrangement of data in which most values cluster in the middle of the range and the rest taper off symmetrically toward either end that when graphed, resembles a bell
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Answer: normal
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The specific antecedents and consequences that cause a person to perform a behavior are called its
a. setting events. b. causal factors. c. maintaining conditions. d. stimulus controls.
Children with low self-esteem generally
a. minimize the importance of the domains in which they are not especially competent. b. gain satisfaction from the domains in which they are reasonably competent and disregard other domains. c. have difficulty disregarding the importance of domains in which they are not especially competent. d. show smaller competence/importance discrepancies than do children with high self-esteem.
You are designing a new course on "How to be a good psychological detective." In order to understand any event, you tell your students that they first must be able to answer which of these questions?
a) What occurred? b) How is the law of parsimony operating? c) What psychological principle is operating? d) How does the event differ from folk wisdom?
Results from Stigler (1984) suggest that 11-year-old Taiwanese abacus experts ___
a. perform poorly on arithmetic problems when they are not able to use an abacus b. perform better on mental arithmetic problems than their American peers c. use a mental image of an abacus when they solve mental arithmetic problems d. count on their fingers when they solve mental arithmetic problems