Test Bank for Psychology 13th Edition David G. Myers Nathan C. Dewall All chapters ISBN:9781319132101| Complete Guide A+

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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 g g g g




Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
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Developing Through the Life Span Sensation
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and Perception
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Learning
Memory
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Thinking and Language g g




Intelligence
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What Drives Us: Hunger, Sex, Friendship, and Achievement Emotions,
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Stress, and Health
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Social Psychology
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Personality
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Psychological Disorders
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Therapy
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CHAPTER 1: THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE g g g g g g




Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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If results are statistically significant but have a small effect size, the results may
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lack practical significance.
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lack a cause-effect relationship.
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represent a negative relationship.
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represent a neutral relationship.
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In one study, introductory psychology students were fitted with electronically activated recorders so that researchers
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gcould sample their daily activities. The researchers were employing a scientific method known as
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naturalistic observation. g


the double-blind procedure.
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experimentation.
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the case study. g g


Studies conducted in the late 1990s in which the researcher concluded that children who were administeredthe MMR
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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 earnings
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the median is greater than the mean and greater than the
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mode. the median is less than the mean and less than the
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the median is greater than the mean and less than the mode.
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the median is less than the mean and greater than the mode.
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Professor Valetta believes that identical twins have similar levels of intelligence largely because they sharecommon
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genes. His idea is best described as a(n)
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theory.
replication.
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naturalistic observation. g


operational definition.
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The idea that "people's emotions and personal beliefs often override their acceptance of objective facts" is
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expressed in the dictionary definition of
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, Professor Terrance has conducted a study that examined the relationship between level of physical activity
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and academic performance among children. He is most likely to use
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meta-analysis
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a correlation coefficient
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experimental research
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The tendency to perceive order in random events often leads to overestimating the value of
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common sense.
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informed consent.
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the double-blind procedure.
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Dr. Carlson wants to conduct a research study that will examine the sexual behaviors of college students.
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Before she can begin data collection she must submit her research proposal to
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her institution's review board.
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the APA. g



the BPS.
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her department chair for review.
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Approximately what percentage of the cases represented by the normal curve fall between
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standard deviations from the mean?
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Unconscious gut feelings, or g g g , provide(s) a sharp contrast to explicit, conscious reasoning.
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theory
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chance-based explanation g



common sense
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naturalistic observation
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The explanatory power of a scientific theory is most closely linked to its capacity to generate testable
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assumptions.
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correlations.
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variables.
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Several weeks after a political election, voters often exaggerate their ability to have predicted the election
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outcome. This best illustrates
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