Inferential statistics allow you to decide whether a difference between the experimental and the control group is due to _______________ or ________________
a. manipulation; chance
b. manipulation; experimental error
c. sampling error; independent variable
d. independent variable; experimental error
A
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a. Older children can model for younger children, providing scaffolding. b. Older children teach rules of discipline better than same-age children. c. Younger children allow children to escape reality, thereby fostering dramatic play. d. Younger children help older children practice their language skills better than same-age children.
When you walk away from a difficult problem and do something else for a while, then come back and solve the problem successfully, you have experienced the ______ effect.
a. incubation b. mental-set c. unconscious-processing d. problem-space
Elaine is researching how insults influence activity in certain parts of the brain. To do this, she uses fMRI to view the brain activity of patients who are presented with a variety of subtle and obvious insults spoken by both men and women
Which of the following best describes Elaine's field? a) Cognitive psychology b) Social neuroscience c) Evolutionary neuroscience d) Biological psychology
In Western societies, adolescence typically spans the period from ____ to ____ years of age
A) ?8; 15 B) ?10; 16 C) ?12; 20 D) ?13; 18