Exam 20: Appendix B: Behavioral Statistics

There is a distinction in Zen between "live words" and "dead words.Dead words are defined as

If two students take psychology midterms,but in different classes,it is impossible to tell whether each student scored at the top,middle,or bottom of their classes unless you know what the average score was on each test.

When students review their notes over many relatively short study sessions,it is referred to as __________ practice.

Good general test taking skills include reading all directions and questions carefully,quickly surveying the test before beginning,and answering the __________ questions first.

To conclude that a cause-and-effect relationship exists,we must use a(n)__________.

If higher environmental temperature is related to higher anger levels in people,then a positive relationship exists between the environmental temperature and people's anger levels.

When she studies,Mia continues to study even after she thinks that she has mastered the topic,a strategy known as ___________.

The three basic types of descriptive statistics include measures of central tendency,measures of variability,and __________ statistics.

One way to overlearn is to approach all tests as if they will be

For the numbers 10,16,3,7,and 17,the range is 14.

Last night you vegged out in front of the TV set and watched a couple of hours of programs.However,this morning you have trouble remembering the plot of either of the programs.According to Donald Norman,your passive viewing of the television is a good example of

The existence of a consistent,systematic relationship between two events,measures,or variables is called a(n)__________.

A web-based,personalized study system that provides a pretest and post-test for each chapter of your textbook can be found at the __________ website.

The fewer absences that students have,the higher their grade point average.This illustrates a negative relationship.

You have found a correlation coefficient of +.70 between the number of days students attend class and their grade point averages.Describe what this correlation means both in its strength and direction; determine the percent of variance and explain what it means; and explain why this correlation does not prove causation between class attendance and grade point average.

Important terms in the psychology textbook are defined in the lower right-hand corner of the pages in each chapter with these definitions referred to as a running __________.

The second "R" in the SQ4R method involves pausing after reading a small amount and rehearsing it and summarizing what was read in brief notes.This step is called ___________.

Five hundred students out of the 4,000 students at Meridian Community College are surveyed regarding their views on extracurricular activities available on campus.These 500 students would be considered the population in this survey.

The first step in self-regulated learning is to plan a daily,weekly,and monthly learning strategies.

How interesting you find a college course depends more on your attitude than on how entertaining the instructor makes his or her lectures.