Decentering is the process by which a child focuses only on a limited aspect of a stimulus

Which of the following provides the best analogy for the null hypothesis?

a. typical cutoffs for passing academic exams b. the assumption of innocence in the legal system c. a round robin tournament to find the best golfer d. ratings of multiple judges during the Olympics ice skating competition

Work stemming from the Yale Attitude Change approach indicates that all of the following statements are true EXCEPT

a. people low in intelligence tend to be more easily influenced than people high in intelligence. b. one-sided messages are generally more effective than two-sided messages. c. people are particularly susceptible to attitude change during the ages of eighteen to twenty-five. d. people are more persuaded by messages that do not seem to be designed to influence them.