AP PSYCHOLOGY

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PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY

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In order to learn about the political attitudes of all students enrolled at Arizona State University, Professor Marlow randomly selected 800 of these students to complete a questionnaire. In this instance, all the students enrolled at Arizona State University are considered to be a(n):
A
Independent variable
B
Random sample
C
Dependent variable
D
Population
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A case study is an in-depth examination of an individual. Sometimes case studies are also completed on social units (e.g., a cult) and events (e.g., a natural disaster). Most commonly in psychology, however, case studies provide a detailed description and analysis of an individual.

Detailed explanation-2: -*Replication-repeating the essence of a research study, usually with different participants in different situations, to see whether the basic finding extends to other participants and circumstances.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the hypothesis, “Students who study a list of terms in the morning, just after waking up, will recall more terms than students who study the list just before falling asleep, ” what is the dependent variable? Number of terms remembered/list of terms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Therefore, correlation coefficient is the most appropriate statistical measure to assess the extent to which high school grades predict college or university grades.

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