Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

A control variable is a potential source of influence on the dependent variable that researchers attempt to hold constant.


Ans: T

Psychology

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a. extraneous b. dependent c. independent d. confounding

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During a fugue state, patients diagnosed with dissociative fugue

A. travel and typically experience memory loss during their trip. B. travel involuntarily but do not experience memory loss. C. temporarily lose memory of who they are but are able to recover their sense of identity after the fugue state. D. permanently lose memory of who they are and seldom recover any sense of their own identity.

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Children who are hyperactive are often given central nervous system depressants to help calm them down

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A quantitative analysis of 26 efficacy studies of brief psychodynamic psychotherapy found that

A) the interpersonal forms of treatment are among the least useful. B) those which stress traditional psychoanalytic principles have the highest degree of success. C) results of this therapy are largely unsuccessful. D) results of this therapy are quite impressive.

Psychology