Dr. Fieldhouse is performing a microgenetic study. This means that a key feature of his approach is examining a child's performance while she is engaged in a specific task, making note of any changes in behaviors that occur from trial to trial
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Lateral inhibition is the reduction of activity in one neuron by activity in neighboring neurons
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Dr. Noyd conducts an experiment to determine whether talking to a psychiatrist makes depressed people less depressed. He randomly divides participants who scored highly on a depressive inventory into two groups.Group A discusses their problems with a psychiatrist while Group B does nothing.He finds that Group A shows significantly more improvement in their depression than does Group B. In Dr
Noyd's experiment, the experimental group refers to the ____.? a. ?differences observed whether or not therapy was received b. ?individuals who discuss their problems c. ?scores on the depressive inventory d. ?random assignment
Achievement tests and aptitude tests measure the same construct
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Sensation-seeking may be dependent on ______, resulting in _______
a. biological factors; different optimal arousal levels among individuals b. genes; differences in brain chemistry and neurotransmitters c. learning; similarity among individuals within the same culture d. other people; incompatibility among same-sex friends