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What is the range of the following data set (45, 61, 22, 13, 54, 37)

A dot plot can be used to show the relationship between a categorical variable on the x-axis and a continuous variable on the y-axis

Jason measures incubation time of a flu virus in a sample of 157 individuals and finds that the mean date of symptoms appearing (after exposure) is 3 days with a standard deviation of 0.6 days. What is the standard error of this population?

The arithmetic mean is not sensitive to extreme values and is therefore useful in summarizing severely skewed data

Match the type of Anxiety Disorder with its description.

The fact that adults learn a second language much slower than children gives us evidence that there is a(n) for language acquisition.

Match the description to the Big Five trait.

Janet is extremely concerned and anxious about getting sick.  She spends an hour each morning and each evening checking her body for any signs that she might be sick.  She has already gone to the doctor four times in the last two weeks, despite not actually having experienced any physical symptoms.  Her visits to the doctor have consistently shown that Janet is physically just fine and that there are no signs of her being sick.  What Psychological Disorder does Janet likely have?

When we experience a stressor we have several different ways of coping with that stressor.  Imagine that you have just lost your job.  Below, match the examples of coping with the loss of your job with the type of coping on the right.

One of the early treatments for mental illness involved destroying portions of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) by inserting a sharp metal rod (sometimes referred to as an ice pick) through the bone above the eye in to the brain.  The procedure was known as a .