Your friend tells you that she plans to conduct an experiment that is more complex than is
necessary just to impress her instructor. What should you tell her and why?
A) She has a bad idea based on the principle of parsimony.
B) She has a good idea because it will help avoid confounding.
C) She has a good idea based on the principle of parsimony.
D) She has a bad idea because it will result in confounding.
A
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Tricyclic drugs seem to exert their therapeutic effects by
a. retarding the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin. b. retarding the reuptake of GABA. c. preventing the release of norepinephrine and serotonin. d. blocking postsynaptic receptors sensitive to norepinephrine and serotonin. e. facilitating the reuptake of norepinephrine and serotonin.
Heuristics are
A) cultural differences in thinking that lead to differences in IQ scores. B) ways of thinking that lead adolescents to make mistakes in thinking about risk behaviors. C) abilities to generate unusual, yet nonetheless appropriate, responses to problems or questions. D) mental shortcuts that we employ to make decisions and solve problems.