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The major drawback of correlation studies is that they

Suppose a researcher thinks that the amount of sleep someone has influences their ability to recall learned words. She manipulates the amount of sleep that participants are allowed by having them either sleep 8 hours or 2 hours (in 24 hrs.) and then measures the amount of words they can remember from a learned list. The words recalled by participants is the _____ and the hours of sleep they are allowed is the _____.

Jack has been in a 10 year relationship with Jill. Other people say she’s mean and doesn’t treat him right. When Jack is asked why he is with her, he thinks about his long history with her and replies, “Well, I’ve been with her so long, I must see some redeeming qualities in her.” What theory best explains this scenario?

People rarely try to engage Beth in a debate because she refuses to be persuaded by other people’s arguments. She believes what she believes and this will not change with the company she keeps. Some might consider her principled, others might say she’s stubborn. Social psychologists might say she’s

Sasha was recently fired from her dream job that she worked for 5 years to obtain. She is very upset and feels like she will never get over such a loss. According to the durability bias, what will most likely happen?

“Opposites attract” and “Birds of a feather flock together” are examples of common sense explanations of social behavior. Why do these explanations create difficulties?

Upward social comparisons:

In order for a finding to be considered significant, what percent probability are most psychologists willing to accept as the probability that the results of a study are due to chance?

The extent to which research findings can be generalized to actual social situations is called ________ validity.

In order for a finding to be considered significant, what percent probability are most psychologists willing to accept as the probability that the results of a study are due to chance?