According to the Textbook, If You Conduct a Research Study

question 52

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook, if you conduct a research study, write up all of the results in a paper, and submit the paper to a top academic journal, you have a ____ chance of getting your paper published in one of the best social psychology journals.

• A) 0-1%
• B) 10-20%
• C) 30-40%
• D) 50-60%

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Definitions:

Exuberant Synaptogenesis

A rapid growth in synaptic density that prepares the brain for a vast range of possible experiences.

Perceptual Narrowing

A process in which infants lose their apparently innate abilities to detect certain sensory features because those features do not occur very often in their environments.

Experience-Dependent

A term describing traits or abilities that develop or change in response to the environment and specific experiences.

Rosenzweig

Refers to Saul Rosenzweig, a psychologist known for his work on frustration and aggression, and for developing the Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study.