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PSYCHOLOGY 13
EDITION DAVID G.
MYERS & C. NATHAN
DEWALL
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
2. THE BIOLOGY OF MIND
3. CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE TWO-TRACK MIND
4. NATURE, NURTURE, AND HUMAN DIVERSITY
5. DEVELOPING THROUGH THE LIFE SPAN
6. SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
7. LEARNING
8. MEMORY
9. THINKING AND LANGUAGE
10. INTELLIGENCE
11. WHAT DRIVES US: HUNGER, SEX, FRIENDSHIP, AND
ACHIEVEMENT
12. EMOTIONS, STRESS, AND HEALTH
13. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
14. PERSONALITY
15. PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
16. THERAPY
,Chapter 1: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science Myers:
Psychology 13th Edition
MULT IPLE CHOICES
Indicate The Answer Choice That Best Completes The Statement Or Answers The Question.
If Results Are Statistically Significant But Have A Small Effect Sie, 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 W ith 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 Administered
The 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 Share
Common 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.
Professor Terrance Has Conducted A Study That Examined The Relationship Between Level Of Physical Activityand
Academic Performance Among Children. He Is Most Likely To Use To Determine If A Relationship
Exists.
Meta-Analysis
Preregistration
A Correlation Coefficient
Experimental Research
The Tendency To Perceive Order In Random Events Often Leads To Overestimating The Value Of
Common Sense.
Operational Definitions.
Informed Consent.
The Double-Blind Procedure.
Dr. Carlson Wants To Conduct A Research Study That Will Examine The Sexual Behaviors Of College Students.
Before She Can Begin Data Collection She Must Submit Her Research Proposal To
Her Institution's Review Board.
The Apa.
The Bps.
Her Department Chair For Review.
Approximately What Percentage Of The Cases Represented By The Normal Curve Fall Between 3 And +3
Standard Deviations From The Mean?
34
68
95
D. 100
Unconscious Gut Feelings, Or , Provide(S) A Sharp Contrast To Explicit, Conscious Reasoning.
Theory
Chance-Based Explanation
Common Sense
Naturalistic Observation
The explanatory power of A scientific theory is most Closely linked to its Capacity to generate testable Assumptions.
Correlations.
Predictions.
Variables.
Several weeks After A political election, voters often exaggerate their Ability to have predicted the electionoutcome. this Best
illustrates
TH
PSYCHOLOGY 13
EDITION DAVID G.
MYERS & C. NATHAN
DEWALL
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
2. THE BIOLOGY OF MIND
3. CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE TWO-TRACK MIND
4. NATURE, NURTURE, AND HUMAN DIVERSITY
5. DEVELOPING THROUGH THE LIFE SPAN
6. SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
7. LEARNING
8. MEMORY
9. THINKING AND LANGUAGE
10. INTELLIGENCE
11. WHAT DRIVES US: HUNGER, SEX, FRIENDSHIP, AND
ACHIEVEMENT
12. EMOTIONS, STRESS, AND HEALTH
13. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
14. PERSONALITY
15. PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
16. THERAPY
,Chapter 1: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science Myers:
Psychology 13th Edition
MULT IPLE CHOICES
Indicate The Answer Choice That Best Completes The Statement Or Answers The Question.
If Results Are Statistically Significant But Have A Small Effect Sie, 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 W ith 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 Administered
The 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 Share
Common 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.
Professor Terrance Has Conducted A Study That Examined The Relationship Between Level Of Physical Activityand
Academic Performance Among Children. He Is Most Likely To Use To Determine If A Relationship
Exists.
Meta-Analysis
Preregistration
A Correlation Coefficient
Experimental Research
The Tendency To Perceive Order In Random Events Often Leads To Overestimating The Value Of
Common Sense.
Operational Definitions.
Informed Consent.
The Double-Blind Procedure.
Dr. Carlson Wants To Conduct A Research Study That Will Examine The Sexual Behaviors Of College Students.
Before She Can Begin Data Collection She Must Submit Her Research Proposal To
Her Institution's Review Board.
The Apa.
The Bps.
Her Department Chair For Review.
Approximately What Percentage Of The Cases Represented By The Normal Curve Fall Between 3 And +3
Standard Deviations From The Mean?
34
68
95
D. 100
Unconscious Gut Feelings, Or , Provide(S) A Sharp Contrast To Explicit, Conscious Reasoning.
Theory
Chance-Based Explanation
Common Sense
Naturalistic Observation
The explanatory power of A scientific theory is most Closely linked to its Capacity to generate testable Assumptions.
Correlations.
Predictions.
Variables.
Several weeks After A political election, voters often exaggerate their Ability to have predicted the electionoutcome. this Best
illustrates
