ABSTRACT
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An important difference between inductive and deductive thinking is that you can prove your beliefs with the inductive method, but you can only provide support for your beliefs with the deductive method.
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Sample size is an important variable in both formal scientific research and in casual observations about the nature of the world.
T F
A careful report from a single individual whom you know is often more reliable than a study that used many subjects.
T F
When we make judgments about groups of people, we tend to think of people in groups that we don’t belong to as being very similar to each other and people in the groups we belong to as being very different from each other.
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In determining cause, the most important variable is the use of correlated groups.
T F
One problem with retrospective research is that memory is biased.
T F
A negative correlation is undesirable because it shows the negative effect that one variable has on the other.
T F
The Rorschach (ink blot) Test has been criticized because of the problem of illusory validity.
T F
Ben Franklin never said, “Experience is the best teacher.”
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It is a good idea to find a therapist who has had the same problems as you have because this person will have especially good insight on how to overcome the problems.
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