1) How can experiments extend conclusions from samples to larger populations? By using inferential statistics By computing correlations By computing standard deviations By using descriptive statistics 2) is/was the most objective approach in psychology because of its emphasis on the study of what is observable

1) How can experiments extend conclusions from samples to larger populations?

By using inferential statistics

By computing correlations

By computing standard deviations

By using descriptive statistics

2) is/was the most objective approach in psychology because of its emphasis on the study of what is observable.

Behaviorism

Functionalism

The Psychodynamic approach

Structuralism
 

3) Marina has decided that she will not use the vending machine near the gym anymore because she received a pencil instead of her drink last time she used it. Her behavior change is caused by:

Positive reinforcement

Negative reinforcement

Positive punishment

Negative punishment

4) A scientist makes the hypothesis that all planets outside our solar system are uninhabited. Is that a strong hypothesis according to the principle of falsifiability?

Yes because not finding life on another planet would show that the hypothesis was right.

Yes because finding life on another planet would show that the hypothesis was wrong.

No because the hypothesis is too vague.

No because the hypothesis is too strange.
 

5) An advantage of correlation is that:

It shows whether two or more variables are related.

Firm conclusions about cause and effect can be drawn.

It explains why people act the way they do in natural settings.

It provides detailed information on large numbers of people.