Courtney Makdad-Light

Walden University
ESL

Biography

I’m a therapist that owns a private practice specializing in addictions, anxiety disorders, and trauma. I enjoy teaching and providing clinical supervision.

Education

MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Walden University

Educator Statistics

Numerade tutor for 5 years
21 Students Helped

Topics Covered

The Incredible Power of the Nervous System: Understanding its Functions
Ethics of Psychological Research
Psychological Research: Approaches and Methods
Evolutionary Psychology
Principles of Perception
Vision
Understanding Consciousness
Other States of Consciousness
Sleep Disorders and Dreams

Courtney's Textbook Answer Videos

02:33
Myers' Psychology for AP

Which statistical measure of central tendency is most affected by extreme scores?
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Skew
e. Correlation

Chapter 7: Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
Courtney Makdad-Light
01:41
Myers' Psychology for AP

A researcher calculates statistical significance for her study and finds a 5 percent chance that results are due to chance. Which of the following is an accurate interpretation of this finding?
a. This is well beyond the range of statistical significance.
b. This is the minimum result typically considered statistically significant.
c. This is not statistically significant.
d. There is no way to determine statistical significance without replication of the study.
e. Chance or coincidence is unrelated to statistical
significance.

Chapter 7: Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
Courtney Makdad-Light
01:51
Myers' Psychology for AP

What must a researcher do to fulfill the ethical principle of informed consent?
a. Keep information about participants confidential.
b. Allow participants to choose whether to take part.
c. Protect participants from potential harm.
d. Provide participants with a pre-experimental explanation of the study
e. Provide participants with a post-experimental explanation of the study

Chapter 8: Frequently Asked Questions About Psychology
Courtney Makdad-Light
01:07
Myers' Psychology for AP

Human genome (DNA) researchers have discovered that
a. chimpanzees are completely different than humans, sharing a small DNA sequence percentage.
b. the occasional variations found at particular gene sites in human DNA are of no interest to science.
c. many genes do not influence most of our traits.
d. nearly every other human is your genetically identical twin.
e. genetic predispositions do not help explain our shared human nature and our human diversity.

Chapter 14: Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
Courtney Makdad-Light
01:32
Myers' Psychology for AP

One reason that identical twins might show slight differences at birth is
a. they did not develop from a single fertilized egg
b. one twin's placenta may have provided slightly better nourishment.
c. they develop from different sperm.
d. one twin gestated much longer in the uterus than the other.
e. their relative positions in the uterus.

Chapter 14: Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
Courtney Makdad-Light
01:17
Myers' Psychology for AP

Which of the following is most closely associated with the idea of epigenetics?
a. Eye color
b. Gene display based on environmental factors
c. $1 Q$ as a function of educational experiences
d. Height at birth
e. Shoe size

Chapter 14: Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
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