A researcher finds that men make more errors on a memory task than do women. After conducting the appropriate statistical test on this difference, he finds a probability level of less than .05 . The researcher will probably conclude that
A. the difference represents a chance fluctuation.
B. the difference is statistically significant.
C. if he conducts the study again, there is a high probability that no difference would be found or that women would make more errors.
D. there is only a five in 100 chance that his finding represents a real difference between men and women.
B
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A) She smiles less and is more serious with Christie. B) She uses more "we" talk than she would during the same real-life event. C) She always waits for the cues to come from Christie before participating in make-believe play with Christie. D) She rarely offers any cues, and so Christie has to learn on her own when her mother is pretending and when she is not.
McClelland has suggested that self-reports measure _________. In contrast he has suggested that the TAT measures
a. self-attributed motive; implicit motive b. cultural norms; motives c. implicit motive; self-attributed d. motives; needs