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MCQs for comparison
(shamelessly deleted and reposted w my alt lol. don't think this is breaking rules, but in case anonymity becomes like a problem)
Hi, here's a list of my answers since there were some debated questions. Idk if this is ok but y'all can take it down if not. May add more soon. Enjoy your day!
- Complex puzzle - loss of fluid intelligence
- Confirmation bias - lovers see favorable traits and look past unfavorable ones
- Product of an individualistic society - Assertive, self-sufficient, independent
- Demonstrates resilience - Miriam moving out
- Procedural memory - returning to yoga after a year
- Number of people who saw faces or vases - dependent variable
- Babysitter figures she deserves teasing - Just-World phenomenon
- Top-down processing - grape juice in coffee
- Unclear definition of subjective well-being - limit to consider
- Situational attribution - poor planning when car breaks down
- Groupthink - tendency to avoid conflict
- Mood-congruent memory - funny memory causes one to share funnier one
- Range is 9 - range of subjective well-being
- Personal distress - Taylor therapist evaluation for disorder
- Phonemes - chat and hat difference
- Transcranial stimulation - treatment for depression
- Kinesthetic sense - touching nose and walking
- Emerging adulthood - parents open to daughter moving out
- Semantic encoding - connecting things to personal experiences
- Automatic processing - tying shoelaces
- Executive functioning - ability to complete a maze
- Treatment group would experience changes in mood - agonist for serotonin
- 3rd variable - loudness test in cafeteria
- Flynn Effect - military intelligence test
- Experiment - study with hypothesis
- Ensure no undue harm - ethical guideline before experiment
- Correlational study - between language ability and age
- Random assignment eliminates experimental bias - precaution to take
- Critical period - hypothesis for language acquisition
- Replication - doing same study
- Reinforcement of sock-wearing behavior - most likely reason they kept wearing socks
- Drawing a causal link for a correlational study - issue with hypothesis
- Somatosensory cortex - source of phantom limb pain
- Discrimination - company does not hire anyone under age 40
- Social reciprocity norm - buying box after free sample
- Social learning - folds tamales the same way
- Time limit - independent variable for measuring performance
- Debriefing - potentially stressful situation discussed after
- Due to conditions they were placed in - conclusion for choice in puzzle results
- Not a random assignment - reason for not being an experiment
- Intrinsic motivation shifted to external focus - basketball loss of enjoyment
- Nurture - what prevents generalization of study
- As hours of sleep increases, points scored increase - relationship
- Median is 13 - median points scored
- Upwards linear slope - projected graph
- Interneurons - neurons sending signals between cells
- Lightbulbs with lights that appear to be in constant motion - example of apparent movement
- Trichromatic theory - reason for color blindness in one person
- Mows lawn for $20 - example of incentive theory of motivation
- Telegraphic speech - baby “want cookie”
- Hindsight bias - Hand dominance results were obvious all along
- Newcomer will stop sharing personal problems due to discomfort - social norms
- Mean is less than median - left-skewed graph
- Positive punishment - adding extra homework for being late
- Incorrectly believing one is a religious figure - positive symptom of schizophrenia
- Personal fable - teens surprised about being caught pulling fire alarms
- Chemical that causes nausea - UCS
- Working with advanced students - Vygotsky’s theory for zone of proximal development
- Accomodation - lens changes to maintain shape constancy when seeing door
- Schizoid - Michaela deriving no pleasure from relationships
- Ghrelin - Hormone that makes her hungry
- Systematic desensitization - anxiety hierarchy for heights
- Interrupts circadian rhythm - varying shift schedule
- Tend-and-befriend theory - meeting people to deal with work stress
- Problem-focused coping - group leader continues project when overwhelmed
- Social responsibility - grandmother not expecting anything in return
- Rational emotive behavior therapy - replaces all-or-nothing thinking
- Anonymity should have been maintained - twin study ethical guideline
- Repeating names to herself - types of maintenance rehearsal
- Nonmaleficence - live snake presented to her in a relaxed state
- Sleep apnea - most likely sleep disorder
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