While waiting to cross the street, you witness a man running a red light—causing a three-car accident. just after it happens, the man who ran the stoplight gets out of the car to talk to you. he tells you that the light was yellow. later you tell police that you remembered the light being yellow, not red, when the man went through the intersection. this scenario illustrates

a) priming effect.
b) confirmation bias.
c) belief perseverance.
d) the misinformation effect.

Asociologist wants to study a culture that occurs in some women’s prisons: “state families,” in which individual prisoners take on certain roles within a group of like-minded prisoners. there is previous evidence that younger prisoners will use older inmates who play the roles of grandparents as a resource before they will turn to staff for and advice. the lieutenant in charge of a dorm of long-term prisoners offers to gather volunteers to speak to the researcher and also offers to vouch for the integrity of the researcher. the use of this staff is: a valid use of a statistical technique referred to “snowball sampling” wherein the inclusion of the first subject leads to the recruitment of another one subject.a useful tactic in obtaining a sample of prisoners who both meet the criteria and who will be honest with the researcher.wrong and is prohibited; subject selection needs to be free from intervention by prison authorities or prisoners.acceptable only when the researcher’s irb grants a special waiver.

What is one reason why so many corporations prefer to incorporate in the state of delaware?

What did populists set their sights on after achieving some success on a local level in the late 1800s?