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A researcher is studying whether playing aggressive video games makes people behave more aggressively when provoked. He assigns students to either play a violent and gory video game, and exciting and non-violent video game, or a no-video game control condition. Later, participants in each condition...
Unit 1 Study - PSYC 305 || with 100% Accurate Solutions.
A researcher is studying whether playing aggressive video games makes people behave more
aggressively when provoked. He assigns students to either play a violent and gory video game,
and exciting and non-violent video game, or a no-video game control condition. Later,
participants in each condition are criticized, and the way they respond to this criticism is
observed. Participants' response to being criticized is the: correct answers Dependent variable
The belief that others are paying more attention to one's appearance and behavior than they
actually are is referred to as the __________________ effect. correct answers Spotlight
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that the self-serving bias is adaptive? correct
answers It makes us feel less vulnerable to risks such as AIDS.
Bert throws away his pop bottles and cans rather than recycling them, and he overestimates the
number of colleagues who also throw away their bottles and cans. Bert is showing: correct
answers False consensus
Which of the following is NOT one of the American Psychological Association's principles for
the ethical treatment of research participants? correct answers Ensure that participants never
experience a moment of unpleasantness, no matter how mild.
A serious shortcoming of correlational studies is that they do not: correct answers Identify which
variable causes the other variable.
The psychological immune system is likely to help people emotionally recover more quickly
than they think they would from all of the following EXCEPT: correct answers Overcrowding in
the elevator.
College students perceive themselves as far more likely than their classmates to ____________
and far less likely to ______________. correct answers Draw a good salary; develop a drinking
problem.
Compared to others, mildly depressed people are more: correct answers Accurate in their self-
appraisals.
"Random assignment" means that each person taking part in an experiment must: correct answers
Have an equal chance of being in any given experimental condition.
Annie and Jim's favorite breakfast is chocolate chip pancakes in the shape of Mickey Mouse.
They eat their Mickey Mouse pancakes every Saturday. When Annie and Jim's grandma comes
to visit, she suggests that they break out of their routine and eat breakfast burritos instead.
According to research by Dan Gilbert: correct answers Annie and Jim won't like the new
breakfast as much as they like the Mickey Mouse pancakes, because as long as our favorite
experiences are separated by time, variety doesn't make us as happy as sticking to our old
favorites.
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