In Chapter 2,the Authors Included a Brief Quiz About Research

question 117

Multiple Choice

In Chapter 2,the authors included a brief quiz about research findings.This quiz was designed to illustrate that

• A) most research findings directly contradict folk wisdom.
• B) so-called "obvious" research findings are not all that easy to predict in advance.
• C) although people are not insightful "physicists," they are insightful "social psychologists."
• D) social psychology is really little more than common sense.
• E) the wording of a quiz can easily be manipulated to trick the reader.

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Definitions:

Programming Languages

Formal languages comprising a set of instructions that produce various kinds of output, used in computer programming to implement algorithms.

Storage Space

The total amount of data that can be saved in a given storage medium or system, such as a hard drive or cloud storage.

Operating Systems

Software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.

C

A programming language originally developed for system programmers.