PSYC 1101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Cognitive Dissonance, Fundamental Attribution Error, Absolute Threshold

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A correlation between physical attractiveness and dating frequency of +0. 60 would indicate that: Less frequent dating is associated with lower levels of physical attractiveness. In which type of research would an investigator manipulate one factor in order to observe its effect on some behavior or mental process? experimentation. Developmental psychologists study physical, cognitive, and ______ changes throughout the human life cycle. Many people associate the field of psychology with opinions and feelings about human nature, but psychology is actually a ___. In a well-known experiment, preschool children pounded and kicked a large inflated. Bobo doll that an adult had just beaten on. This experiment served to illustrate the importance of: The tendency to put too much emphasis on personality and not enough on environmental factors when explaining other people"s behavior is called. The bystander effect refers to the observation that people are ___ to help someone in crisis if other people are also present.