A researcher determines that the crime rate in a large city is related to the phases of the moon. She concludes that the gravitational pull of the moon influences human behavior. She does not understand
a. the dangers of a single example.
b. the difference between observation and inference.
c. the difference between correlation and causation.
d. that the Barnum effect occurs only in ten-year cycles.
c
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Social psychologist B. F. Skinner developed __________, in which animals learned to press levers to obtain rewards, such as food pellets
A) the "Skinner box" B) autoethnography C) animal testing D) laboratory experimentation
Social exchange theory would have the most trouble explaining which of the following helping situations?
a. Anna visits people with AIDS as a requirement of her health psychology course. b. Theo calmly walks into heavy traffic to rescue a stranger who collapsed in the crosswalk. c. On the way home from work, David drops off some notes for a classmate. d. A wealthy businesswoman makes a hefty donation to her congressman.