A. range
B. median
C. mode
D. mean
Related Mcqs:
- The precision with which a sample average approximates a population average increases as:
A. the range of the sample increases
B. the standard deviation of the sample increases
C. the man of the sample increases
D. the standard deviation of the sample decreases - Studying to avoid bad grade is an example of __________________?
A. positive reinforcement
B. negative reinforcement
C. punishment
D. escape - Studying to avoid bad grade is an example of ___________________?
A. positive reinforcement
B. negative reinforcement
C. punishment
D. escape - Bashir explains his failing grade on a term paper by saying that her really didn’t work very hard at it. According to Weiner’s model Bashir is making an______attribution about his failure.
A. internal- stable
B. internal- unstable
C. external- stable
D. external- unstable - By the third grade. Timmy who lives in the ghetto, views himself as a failure. He may not succeed in school thanks to the:
A. Jig- saw classrooms
B. Self- fulfilling prophesy
C. Self- serving bias
D. Fundamental attribution error - Mary says she must like Theater class because it’s not required and she’s getting a pretty good grade in it. Daryl Bem would see this as evidence of his______theory.
A. Self- perception
B. Cognitive dissonance
C. Compliance
D. Balance - Because she believes that boys are naughtier than girls, Mrs. Zumpano, a second-grade teacher, watches boys more closely than she watch girls for any signs of misbehavior. Mrs. Zumpano’s surveillance strategy best illustrates:
A. the framing effect
B. the availability heuristic
C. confirmation bias
D. functional fixedness - Lauren and Curtis spend six hours per week studying for the botany course. Lauren is concerned that if she doesn’t study she will fail the course; Curtis is concerned that if he doesn’t study he won’t earn the highest grade in the class. In this example:
A. Lauren is motivated by both a fear of failure and a need for achievement, while Curtis is merely motivated by a need for achievement
B. Lauren is motivated by a fear of failure and Curtis is motivated by a need for achievement
C. both students are motivated by a need for achievement
D. both students are motivated by a fear of failure - Our tendency to notice and remember instance in which a premonition of an unlikely phone call is actually followed by the call most clearly contribute to:
A. the placebo effect
B. the false consensus effect
C. replication
D. an illusory correlation - The tendency for us to blame people and underestimate the environment for causing behavior is known as the:
A. Self-serving bias
B. Balance principle
C. Cognitive dissonance model
D. Fundamental attribution error
