TEST BANK FOR PSYCHOLOGY 13TH EDITION DAVID G. MYERS NATHAN C. DEWALL

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PSYCHOLOGYTHIRTEENTHEDITION
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David G.Myers &C.Nathan DeWall
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,Chapter1:ThinkingCriticallywithPsychologicalScience b b b b b b




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MULTIPLE CHOICE b




Indicatetheanswer choicethat best completesthestatement or answers thequestion.
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If results are statistically significant but have a small effect size, the results may lack
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practical significance.
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lack a cause-effect relationship. b b b




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
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researcherscouldsampletheirdailyactivities.Theresearcherswereemployingascientificmethodknownas
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naturalisticobservation. the b b




double-blindprocedure.
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experimentation.
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thecasestudy. b b




Studiesconductedinthelate1990sinwhichtheresearcherconcludedthatchildrenwhowereadministered the MMR
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vaccination developed autism were
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withheldfromthepublicintentionally. b b b b




accurate. b




neverpublishedbyacademicjournals. b b b b




discovered to be fraudulent.
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Seven membersof aboys'club reported thefollowing individual earnings from theirsaleof cookies: $2, $9,
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$8, $10, $4, $9, and $7. In this distribution of individual earnings the
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median is greater than the mean and greater than the mode. the
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median is less than the mean and less than the mode.
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the median is greater than the mean and less than the mode. the
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median is less than themean and greaterthan themode.
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ProfessorValettabelievesthatidenticaltwinshavesimilarlevelsofintelligencelargelybecausetheyshare common
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genes. His idea is best described as a(n)
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theory.
replication. b




naturalisticobservation. b




operational definition.
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Theideathat"people'semotionsandpersonalbeliefsoftenoverridetheiracceptanceofobjectivefacts"is expressed
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in the dictionary definition of
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falsenews. b

, post-truth.
powerfulexamples.
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repetition.
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Professor Terrance has conducted a study that examined the relationship between level of physical activityand
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academic performanceamong children. Heis mostlikely to use
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exists.
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meta-analysis
preregistration
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acorrelationcoefficient
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experimentalresearch
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Thetendencytoperceiveorderin randomevents often leadstooverestimatingthevalueof
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commonsense.
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operational definitions. n




informedconsent.
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thedouble-blindprocedure.
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Dr.Carlsonwantstoconductaresearchstudythatwillexaminethesexual behaviorsofcollegestudents. b b b b b b




Beforeshecanbegindatacollectionshemustsubmit herresearchproposaltoher n n b b




institution'sreviewboard.
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theAPA.
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herdepartmentchairforreview. b




Approximately what percentageof thecases represented by the normal curvefall between
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standarddeviationsfromthemean?
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34
68
95
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Unconsciousgutfeelings,or b b b ,provide(s)asharpcontrasttoexplicit,consciousreasoning.
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theory b




chance-basedexplanation
commonsense
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naturalisticobservation
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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.
predictions.
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variables.
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Severalweeksafterapoliticalelection,votersoftenexaggeratetheirabilitytohavepredictedtheelection b n




boutcome.Thisbestillustrates b b

, theplaceboeffect.
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random assignment.
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wordingeffects.
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hindsightbias.
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Repeatingtheessenceofaprevious researchstudy toverifywhetheritsfindingsextendtoanewgroupof research n n b




bparticipants andtodifferentcircumstances iscalled b b b b b b




replication.
random sampling.
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naturalisticobservation.
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thedouble-blindprocedure.
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WhatwastheOxfordEnglishDictionary's wordoftheyearin2017?false news b n b b




preregistration
post-truth
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repetition
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Neither theresearchers northeparticipantsinastudy ofa weight-losspill knowwhich participantshaveactually received
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adrugdesignedtohelpweightlossandwhichhavereceivedaplacebo.Thisinvestigationinvolvestheuseof
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naturalisticobservation. n




randomsampling.
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thedouble-blind procedure.
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replication.
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Whichofthefollowingcorrelationsbetweenself-esteemandphysicalappearancewouldenableyoutomostaccurately b




predictphysicalappearancefromknowledgeoflevelofself-esteem?
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Whenweask,forexample,howcloselyrelatedaretheintelligencescoresoffraternaltwins,weare askinghow
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stronglytwo
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experimentalgroups
controlgroups
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variables
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scatterplots
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When youread abargraph,itismost importantforyoutomentally
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transformthedataintoanormalcurve.
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identifythevalueofthestandarddeviation. n




notetherangeandsizeofthescalevalues.
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