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Kym has collected data from a large group of research participants and he is pleasedthat the statistical analysis seems to be confirming his original hypothesis. To be sure
that his conclusions are accurate, he must calculate a ________. This is done by dividing 1
by the square root of his sample size.
confidence interval
standard deviation
margin of error
measure of central tendency
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, margin of error
"Feelings" is a general term used to describe a wide range of states that include
emotions, moods, and traits. These states are similar in the fact that they involve
changes in subjective experience, physiological responding, and behavior in
response to a meaningful event. What are the differences between these states of
emotions, moods, and traits?
Emotions are tendencies to respond a certain way across various situations, and
moods typically occur on the order of seconds, whereas traits may last for days.
Emotions may last for days, whereas moods typically occur on the order of seconds,
and traits are tendencies to respond a certain way across various situations.
Emotions typically occur on the order of seconds, moods are tendencies to respond
a certain way across various situations, and traits may last for days.
Emotions typically occur on the order of seconds, whereas moods may last for days,
and traits are tendencies to respond a certain way across various situations.
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Emotions typically occur on the order of seconds, whereas moods may
last for days, and traits are tendencies to respond a certain way across
various situations.
Social psychologists are often interested in the phenomena of _________, in which one
person influences the thoughts or actions of another.
love
persuasion
altruism
empathy
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, persuasion
Oscar would like to go to a movie without supervision. To try and get what he wants,
he starts by asking his mom if he can go on a trip to the Rollercoaster Park with just
his friends. When his mom says no, like he predicted, he goes on to ask if he can at
least go to the movies by himself. Oscar's strategy in asking to go to the movies is an
example of what persuasion trick?
reactance
foot-in-the-door
door-in-the-face
sunk costs
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door in the face
Researchers want to know the average weight of people living in Toronto. To
accomplish this, they weigh 500 people of all ages who show up to a public park on
Saturday. This is an example of a _______.
hypothesis
sample
population
value
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sample
, The likelihood that a research finding was due to random chance rather than being
due to an actual observed change is called the __-value.
p
t
s
r
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p
Which trick to persuasion can be loosely summarized by the saying, "If you scratch
my back, I'll scratch yours?"
psychological reactance
social proof
the sunk cost trap
reciprocity
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reciprocity
Dr. Milan is conducting research on attractiveness. She uses a computer program to
design a face that is a combination of many different facial features. The resulting face
is called a(n) ________ and can be changed in small ways by the researcher.
amalgam
prototype
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