Author Question: Psychologists typically use a statistic called ____ to denote the strength and direction of the ... (Read 21 times)

cool

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 570
Psychologists typically use a statistic called ____ to denote the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables.
 
  a. a p-value
  b. lambda
  c. coefficient alpha
  d. a correlation coefficient

Question 2

One theory suggests that positive emotions function to buffer people against future hard times by expanding people's current attention and mind-set (e.g., making them relatively creative, exploratory, and adventurous). This theory is known as ____.
 
  a. the broaden-and-build theory
  b. the hedonic treadmill theory
  c. the affect-as-information hypothesis
  d. excitation transfer



joshbk44

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 340
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
 

Did you know?

Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.

Did you know?

If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.

Did you know?

More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.

Did you know?

Many supplement containers do not even contain what their labels say. There are many documented reports of products containing much less, or more, that what is listed on their labels. They may also contain undisclosed prescription drugs and even contaminants.

Did you know?

The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library