One of the most common instruments to gather data is a personal interview. Which of the following questions/statements might a researcher ask in a structured interview?
a. If you could have the perfect job, what would it be?
b. Describe a time when you communicated some unpleasant news or feelings to a friend. What happened?
c. Would your spouse describe you as a warm fuzzy or a cold prickly?
d. Think of a day when you had many things to do and describe how you scheduled your time.
c
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In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5), one important criterion for identifying a child with a learning disorder is __________.
A. difficulties in learning academic skills that persist in spite of interventions to target those difficulties B. presence of uncorrected visual or auditory deficits C. lack of proficiency in the language of instruction D. difficulties in both math and reading
Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the preferences that people show for physically attractive people?
a. Adults, children, and even babies seem to show such preferences across a variety of circumstances. b. People show such preferences across a variety of circumstances, but these preferences do not appear to emerge until late childhood. c. Both adults and children show such preferences when selecting friends, but adults are more even-handed (and do not show preferences for attractive people) when it comes to work-related activities. d. Both adults and children show such preferences across a variety of circumstances, but only if they are moderately attractive or highly attractive themselves.
According to the discussion of the representativeness heuristic in Chapter 12, people often commit the small-sample fallacy in social situations. An example of this point is that
a. people may form a stereotype, based on only a few members of a particular ethnic group. b. people frequently try to confirm their current hypothesis. c. people judge others in terms of personal characteristics that are easy to remember. d. people judge the conjunction of two events to be more likely than just one of those events.
The following, 
within the equation, 
represents the ______.
A. actual mean difference B. expected mean difference C. sampling error D. estimated standard error