Simply put, the difference between people in the experimental group and those in the control group is whether they
a. are participating in the research.
b. receive the study treatment.
c. are measured by the researcher(s).
d. receive the dependent variable.
e. are in a double-blind study.
b. receive the study treatment.
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a. sensitivity about being the target of threatening downward comparison b. sensitivity about being the target of threatening upward comparison c. the commons dilemma d. audience inhibition
One of Piaget's main ways of gaining knowledge of the world of children was to
(a) observe children in situations where they were being classically conditioned (b) observe children in situations where they were being operantly conditioned (c) ask children questions about the world and listen to what they said (d) recall his own very early childhood and observe children to see if they went through the same cognitive stages he had gone through
In primate species, as the size of the group increases there is a corresponding increase in the size of the __________________
a. Adrenal gland. b. Neo cortex. c. Corpus callosum. d. Hypothalamus.
The dependent variable in the study was
a. whether the subjects caught the flu b. whether the subjects received the vitamin C c. the control group d. the placebo