Alice wanted to study the effects of a new teaching technique on learning. She randomly divided her student subjects into two groups and used the new teaching technique with just one of the groups. Then she administered an exam to the two groups and compared their grades. Her experimental group was the group who
a. got the highest grades
b. was exposed to the new teaching technique.
c. was not exposed to the new teaching technique.
d. got the lowest grades.
b
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a. a community b. a town c. a city d. suburbia
According to George Gerbner, the "mean world syndrome" describes depictions of death in the mass media as embedded in a structure of violence that conveys
A. security and trust in the world. B. an enhanced vitality and joy in life. C. a heightened sense of danger. D. numbness and dismissal of death.
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What will be an ideal response?
Ageism is defined as
A. prejudicial and discriminatory behavior directed against the elderly. B. the scientific study of aging and the problems of the aged. C. domination and control by the elderly. D. the reflection of a deep uneasiness among young and middle-aged people about growing old.