PSY201H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Null Hypothesis, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Dependent And Independent Variables

16. A hypothesis is an) a unprovable assumption about the unobservable processes that underlie psychological functioning. b. set of principles that organizes observations and explains newly discovered facts, c. testable prediction that gives direction to research. d. observable relationship between specific independent and dependent variables.

2) According to the linguistic relativity hypothesis, language shapes?

Research on the empathy-altruism hypothesis has found that individuals with egoistic motives  offer help _____.

Select one:

a. if they can easily escape from the situation, but not if escape is difficult

b. when escape from the situation is difficult, but not when escape is easy

c. never

d. regardless of the ease of escape from a situation