Which one of the following is not a good specific strategy for achieving control in research?
a. using subjects as their own control
b. building nuisance variables into the experiment
c. making designs more complex
d. using statistical controls
c
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Which of the following was not part of the procedure in Milgram's research on destructive obedience? a. Participants were ordered to administer electric shocks that were apparently so intense that it caused thelearner to scream in pain
b. Participants playing the role of teachers were ordered to increase the electric shocks in increments of 15 voltsfor every wrong answer the learner gave. c. Participants playing the role of learners were ordered to give shocks to the teacher who was trying tocomplete the task. d. The experimenter told participants who wanted to leave that they had no choice but to continue with the study.
Research concerning the role of testosterone in aggression has demonstrated that _______
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
According to Piaget, if new events and changing circumstances cannot be absorbed into one's self-concept, and the self-concept changes in order to adapt to these new events, this defines the process called:
a. equilibration b. accommodation c. integrity d. assimilation
Which of the following suggests that people naturally organize their likes and dislikes in a symmetrical way to reduce emotional unpleasantness?
a) Physical attractiveness theory b) The matching hypothesis c) Balance theory d) The similarity–dissimilarity effect