Which of the following involves testing ideas against the empirical world?
a. Scientific method
b. Hypothesizing
c. Observation
d. Scientific generalization
a. Scientific method
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Using an example from the text, when we calculate the probability that a supermarket flier will be left among the canned goods if it contains a notice not to litter, we will be dealing with
a. the additive rule. b. the superlative rule. c. the dependence rule. d. conditional probabilities.
Research by Gilbertson and colleagues suggests that the reduced hippocampal volume observed in combat veterans with PTSD is:
A) a direct consequence of extreme stress and a sign of the disorder. B) a direct consequence of extreme stress and a symptom of the disorder. C) a preexisting condition that makes persons vulnerable to PTSD. D) both a cause and a consequence of PTSD.
A psychology teacher asks students to find the major parts of a neuron from a list of 20 terms. What measure of memory is she using?
a) recall b) relearning c) recognition d) paired-associate learning
Which of these investigations did not demonstrate the power of social influence?
(a) Asch's study with the 3 lines (b) Sherif's study with the light in a dark room (c) the study of the people who thought the world was about to end (d) the study with the 2-4-6 task