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Psychologythirteenthedition
DAvid G.Myers& C. NAthAn DewAll
,ChApter 1: Thinking CriticAlly With PsychologicAl Science
Myers: Psychology 13th Edition
Multiple Choice
IndicAtejthe Answer ChoicejthAt Best Completes ThejstAtement OrjAnswers The Question.
If Results ArejstAtisticAlly SignificAnt ButjhAve A SmAll Effect Size,
Thejresults MAy LAck PrActicAl SignificAnce.
LAck A CAuse-EffectjrelAtionship.
Represent A NegAtive RelAtionship.
Represent A NeutrAl RelAtionship.
In One Study, Introductory Psychology Students Were Fittedjwith ElectronicAlly ActivAted Recorders
SojthAtjreseAr Chers Could SAmple Their DAily Activities. The ReseArchers Were Employing A Scientific
Method Known As
NAturAlistic ObservAtion.
Thejdouble-
Blindjprocedure.
ExperimentAtion.
ThejcAse Study.
Studies Conducted In The LAtej1990s Injwhichjthe ReseArcher Concluded ThAt Childrenjwho
WerejAdministeredthe M Mr VAccinAtion Developed Autism Were
Withheld From Thejpublic
IntentionAlly. AccurAte.
Never Published By AcAdemic
JournAls. Discovered To
BejfrAudulent.
Seven Members Of A Boys' Club Reported The Following IndividuAl EArnings From Their SAlejof Cookies: $2, $9,
$8, $10, $4, $9, And $7. In This Distribution Of IndividuAl
EArnings ThejmediAnjis GreAter ThAn ThejmeAnjAnd
GreAter ThAnjthe Mode. ThejmediAnjisjless ThAn ThejmeAn
And Less ThAn The Mode. ThejmediAn IsjgreAter ThAn
The MeAn And Less ThAn The Mode. ThejmediAnjisjless
ThAn The MeAn And GreAter ThAnjthe Mode.
Professor VAlettA Believes ThAt IdenticAl Twins HAvejsimilAr Levelsjof Intelligence LArgely BecAuse They
ShArecom Mon Genes. His IdeA Is Bestjdescribed As A(N)
Theory.
ReplicAtion.
NAturAlistic ObservAtion.
OperAtionAl Definition.
,ThejideAjthAt "People's Emotions AndjpersonAl Beliefs Often Overridejtheir AcceptAnce Of Objective FActs"
Isexpre Ssed In ThejdictionAry Definitionjof
FAlse News.
, Post-Truth.
Powerful
ExAmples.
Repetition.
Professor TerrAnce HAs Conducted A Study ThAtjexAmined ThejrelAtionship Between Level Of PhysicAl
ActivityAndj AcAdemic PerformAnce Among Children. Hejis Mostjlikely To Use
To Determine IfjA
RelAtionshipexists. MetA-
AnAlysis
PreregistrAtion
A CorrelAtion Coefficient
ExperimentAl ReseArch
Thejtendency To Perceive Order In RAndom Events OftenjleAds To OverestimAtingjthe VAlue
Of Common Sense.
OperAtionAl Definitions.
Informed Consent.
Thejdouble-Blind
Procedure.
Dr. CArlson WAnts To Conduct A ReseArch Study ThAt Will ExAmine The SexuAl BehAviors Of College Students.
Beforejshe CAn Begin DAtA Collection Shejmust Submit Her ReseArch
ProposAl To Her Institution's Review BoArd.
ThejApA
.
Thejbps.
Her DepArtment ChAir For Review.
ApproximAtely WhAt PercentAgejof The CAses Represented By The NormAl Curve FAll
Between
3 And +3stAndArd DeviAtions From The MeAn?
34
68
95
D. 100
Unconscious Gut Feelings, Or , Provide(S) A ShArp ContrAst Tojexplicit,
ConsciousjreAsoning. Theory
ChAnce-BAsed
ExplAnAtion Common
Sense NAturAlistic
ObservAtion
ThejexplAnAtory Power Of A Scientific Theory Is Most Closely Linked To ItsjcApAcity
TojgenerAte TestAble Assumptions.
CorrelAtion
Psychologythirteenthedition
DAvid G.Myers& C. NAthAn DewAll
,ChApter 1: Thinking CriticAlly With PsychologicAl Science
Myers: Psychology 13th Edition
Multiple Choice
IndicAtejthe Answer ChoicejthAt Best Completes ThejstAtement OrjAnswers The Question.
If Results ArejstAtisticAlly SignificAnt ButjhAve A SmAll Effect Size,
Thejresults MAy LAck PrActicAl SignificAnce.
LAck A CAuse-EffectjrelAtionship.
Represent A NegAtive RelAtionship.
Represent A NeutrAl RelAtionship.
In One Study, Introductory Psychology Students Were Fittedjwith ElectronicAlly ActivAted Recorders
SojthAtjreseAr Chers Could SAmple Their DAily Activities. The ReseArchers Were Employing A Scientific
Method Known As
NAturAlistic ObservAtion.
Thejdouble-
Blindjprocedure.
ExperimentAtion.
ThejcAse Study.
Studies Conducted In The LAtej1990s Injwhichjthe ReseArcher Concluded ThAt Childrenjwho
WerejAdministeredthe M Mr VAccinAtion Developed Autism Were
Withheld From Thejpublic
IntentionAlly. AccurAte.
Never Published By AcAdemic
JournAls. Discovered To
BejfrAudulent.
Seven Members Of A Boys' Club Reported The Following IndividuAl EArnings From Their SAlejof Cookies: $2, $9,
$8, $10, $4, $9, And $7. In This Distribution Of IndividuAl
EArnings ThejmediAnjis GreAter ThAn ThejmeAnjAnd
GreAter ThAnjthe Mode. ThejmediAnjisjless ThAn ThejmeAn
And Less ThAn The Mode. ThejmediAn IsjgreAter ThAn
The MeAn And Less ThAn The Mode. ThejmediAnjisjless
ThAn The MeAn And GreAter ThAnjthe Mode.
Professor VAlettA Believes ThAt IdenticAl Twins HAvejsimilAr Levelsjof Intelligence LArgely BecAuse They
ShArecom Mon Genes. His IdeA Is Bestjdescribed As A(N)
Theory.
ReplicAtion.
NAturAlistic ObservAtion.
OperAtionAl Definition.
,ThejideAjthAt "People's Emotions AndjpersonAl Beliefs Often Overridejtheir AcceptAnce Of Objective FActs"
Isexpre Ssed In ThejdictionAry Definitionjof
FAlse News.
, Post-Truth.
Powerful
ExAmples.
Repetition.
Professor TerrAnce HAs Conducted A Study ThAtjexAmined ThejrelAtionship Between Level Of PhysicAl
ActivityAndj AcAdemic PerformAnce Among Children. Hejis Mostjlikely To Use
To Determine IfjA
RelAtionshipexists. MetA-
AnAlysis
PreregistrAtion
A CorrelAtion Coefficient
ExperimentAl ReseArch
Thejtendency To Perceive Order In RAndom Events OftenjleAds To OverestimAtingjthe VAlue
Of Common Sense.
OperAtionAl Definitions.
Informed Consent.
Thejdouble-Blind
Procedure.
Dr. CArlson WAnts To Conduct A ReseArch Study ThAt Will ExAmine The SexuAl BehAviors Of College Students.
Beforejshe CAn Begin DAtA Collection Shejmust Submit Her ReseArch
ProposAl To Her Institution's Review BoArd.
ThejApA
.
Thejbps.
Her DepArtment ChAir For Review.
ApproximAtely WhAt PercentAgejof The CAses Represented By The NormAl Curve FAll
Between
3 And +3stAndArd DeviAtions From The MeAn?
34
68
95
D. 100
Unconscious Gut Feelings, Or , Provide(S) A ShArp ContrAst Tojexplicit,
ConsciousjreAsoning. Theory
ChAnce-BAsed
ExplAnAtion Common
Sense NAturAlistic
ObservAtion
ThejexplAnAtory Power Of A Scientific Theory Is Most Closely Linked To ItsjcApAcity
TojgenerAte TestAble Assumptions.
CorrelAtion