Ethel looks up the phone number of a gas station and remembers it just long enough to walk over to the telephone and dial. When she is dialing, the information is contained in her
a. sensory register.
b. short-term memory.
c. long-term memory.
d. metamemory.
b
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A population with SS = 90 and a variance of 9 has N = 10 scores
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to the biological approach, why do autistic children often fail to understand the nonverbal behavior of others?
A. there is less activity in mirror neurons which are involved in empathy B. brain injury during childbirth C. some unconscious conflict prevents them from experiencing empathy D. these children never learned how to correctly read nonverbal behavior
The scientist's rights in an experiment do not include the right to:
a. seek knowledge about a problem. b. hold back information from the participant if revealing it would sabotage the outcome. c. expose the research participant to lasting harm if there is no other way to obtain desired information. d. dispense with informed consent in some circumstances.
One of the most important functions of correlational methods is that their use allows researchers to
a. be certain about the causes of behavior. b. draw conclusions based on exceptionally weak data. c. observe humans' behavior as it takes place in the natural environment. d. make predictions about one variable based on information from another variable.