A hypothesis is defined as a(n)
a. theory
b. empirical conclusion.
c. research study.
d. educated guess.
d
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A person from your sorority calls and asks you to bake cookies for a bake sale to raise money for a local charity. You agree, but an hour later she calls you back and says that they have enough bakers; they need you to work at the bake sale for four hours. You agree, and as you hang up the phone, you think back to your psychology textbook and suddenly realize that you have been victimized by the __________ technique.
A. door-in-the-face B. foot-in-the-door C. lowball D. bait-and-switch
Computer-administered tests are usually interpreted
a) with the assistance of a trained psychologist b) using norms developed specifically for the computerized version c) using the same norms derived for paper-and-pencil tests d) none of the above
Inclusion of which of the following research groups convinced Benedetti, Amanzio, and Maggi (1995) that the drug proglumide is not an effective pain killer
a. Natural History group b. Hidden Drug group c. Placebo group d. Open Drug group e. None of the above—the researchers determined that proglumide is, in fact, an effective pain killer.
Which of the following is true of chronic medical conditions?
A. They include only non-communicable diseases. B. They last for a short period of time. C. They persist for at least 3 months. D. They are unrelated to mortality.