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w 13TH EDITION DAVID G. MYERS
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NATHAN C. DEWALL
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Prologue The Story of Psychology
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Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
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The Biology of Mind
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Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind w w w w
Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
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Developing Through the Life Span
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Sensation and Perception
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Learning
Memory
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Thinking and Language w w
Intelligence
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What Drives Us: Hunger, Sex, Friendship, and Achievement
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Emotions, Stress, and Health
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Social Psychology
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Personality
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Psychological
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DisordersTherapy
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CHAPTER 1: THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE w w w w w w
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Studies conducted in the late 1990s in which the researcher concluded that children who were administeredthe MMR
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vaccination developed autism were
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journals. discovered to be fraudulent.
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Seven members of a boys' club reported the following individual earnings from their sale of cookies: $2, $9,
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$8, $10, $4, $9, and $7. In this distribution of individual
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earnings the median is greater than the mean and greater
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than the mode. the median is less than the mean and less
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than the mode.
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the median is greater than the mean and less than the
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mode. the median is less than the mean and greater than
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the mode.
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Professor Valetta believes that identical twins have similar levels of intelligence largely because they
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sharecommon genes. His idea is best described as a(n)
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operational definition.
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expressed in the dictionary definition of
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w 13TH EDITION DAVID G. MYERS
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NATHAN C. DEWALL
w w w
-
,TABLE OF CONTENTS w w w
Prologue The Story of Psychology
w w w w
Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
w w w w
The Biology of Mind
w w w
Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind w w w w
Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
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Developing Through the Life Span
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Sensation and Perception
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Learning
Memory
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Thinking and Language w w
Intelligence
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What Drives Us: Hunger, Sex, Friendship, and Achievement
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Emotions, Stress, and Health
w w w w
Social Psychology
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Personality
w
Psychological
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DisordersTherapy
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,chapter 1 w
CHAPTER 1: THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE w w w w w w
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
w w w w w w w w w w w w
If results are statistically significant but have a small effect size, the results
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maylack practical significance.
w w w w
lack a cause-effect relationship.
w w w
represent a negative
w w w
relationship. r epresent a neutral
w w w w
relationship.
w
In one study, introductory psychology students were fitted with electronically activated recorders so that
w w w w w w w w w w w w w
wresearcherscould sample their daily activities. The researchers were employing a scientific method known as
w w w w w w w w w w w w w w
naturalistic observation. www
the double-blind
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procedure.
w
experimentation.
w
the case study.w w
Studies conducted in the late 1990s in which the researcher concluded that children who were administeredthe MMR
w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w
vaccination developed autism were
w w w w
withheld from the public w w w
intentionally. accurate.
w w
never published by academicw w w
journals. discovered to be fraudulent.
w w w w w
Seven members of a boys' club reported the following individual earnings from their sale of cookies: $2, $9,
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$8, $10, $4, $9, and $7. In this distribution of individual
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earnings the median is greater than the mean and greater
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than the mode. the median is less than the mean and less
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than the mode.
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the median is greater than the mean and less than the
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mode. the median is less than the mean and greater than
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the mode.
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Professor Valetta believes that identical twins have similar levels of intelligence largely because they
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sharecommon genes. His idea is best described as a(n)
w w w w w w w w w
theory.
replication
w
.
naturalistic
observation.
w
operational definition.
w w
The idea that "people's emotions and personal beliefs often override their acceptance of objective facts" is
w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w
expressed in the dictionary definition of
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, false news.
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post-truth.
w
powerful
wexamples.
r epetition.
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