The participants in Stanley Milgram's classic series of experiments on obedience were
a. inmates from the Stanford prison.
b. people who scored high on obedience tendencies.
c. nurses from the local veterans' hospital.
d. volunteers recruited through newspaper ads.
Answer: d. volunteers recruited through newspaper ads.
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Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about expertise during problem solving?
a. Lisa: "Experts are better at estimating how long it would take nonexperts to solve a problem." b. Pernelle: "Experts are more likely to use a mental set." c. Jack: "Experts are more likely to use their top-down processing effectively." d. Sabino: "Experts are more likely to use serial processing."
One problem with the mean is that it
a. is very difficult to compute. b. is sensitive to extremely high or low scores. c. gives the score actually obtained by the greatest number of people. d. cannot be used in determining other statistical values.