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