DR. ICKES SCENARIO: Dr. Ickes is interested in studying the potential causal relationship between doing homework and academic achievement. In January, Dr. Ickes has her students report their Fall GPA (a measure of academic achievement) and estimate how many hours they spent doing homework during a typical week in the Fall semester. In April, Dr. Ickes measures the same variables again (the estimated number of hours spent doing homework during a typical week in the Spring semester and their Spring GPA). She finds the following correlations.    Based on her pattern of correlations, which of the following can Dr. Ickes safely conclude? 

Discuss Attachment Theory  Include: What is the main point of attachment theory? Define Secure Base. Name and describe the Attachment Styles, both infant and adult. For the infant, include both: How children with each Attachment Style respond in the Strange Situation What the parents were like (overall. Not in the Strange Situation.) THIS IS AN ESSAY. WRITE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TO ADEQUATELY ANSWER THE QUESTION AS BEST YOU CAN. YOU CAN DO IT! 🙂 WRITE, WRITE, WRITE! 🙂

Which of the following is TRUE when asking people questions about themselves?

The mother’s immune system may attack the baby if her RH factor is _____ and the baby’s is _______-.

Why do studies that use probability (random) samples have excellent external validity?

In Erik Erikson’s theory, adults strive for generativity to achieve a sense of ________.

According to James Marcia, what determines an individual’s identity status?

Dr. Abbott is a personality psychologist who is interested in studying the characteristics of people who report being abducted by UFOs. She finds several people in an online support group for UFO abductees to participate and asks them if they can provide the names and contact information of other people who have also been abducted. Upon contacting these new participants, she asks them to refer her to even more people they may know who have been abducted. This is an example of what kind of sampling?

Is Spina Bifida or Anencephaly more catastrophic to the baby’s health/survival?

Random assignment is to internal validity as random sampling is to external validity.