A researcher is interested in how the scores that children receive on a spelling test are affected by the amount of food that they eat for lunch. The independent variable is
a. the age of the children. c. the words on the spelling test.
b. the scores on the spelling test. d. the amount of food eaten for lunch.
d
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The person who introduced the term "Alzheimer's disease" was
a. Alois Alzheimer b. Emil Kraepelin. c. Sigmund Freud. d. Burrhus Frederic Skinner.
Consider the following sentences: "Captain Ahab wanted to kill the whale. He cursed at it." These two sentences taken together provide an example of a(n)
a. instrument inference. b. garden path sequence. c. global connection. d. anaphoric inference.
Surgency (or extraversion) is a dimension of temperament related to positive affect and activity, reflected in high activity level, smiling and laughter, and high-intensity expression of pleasure
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
To reduce Patty's fear of horses, a behavior therapist took her immediately to the nearby horse farm. She instructed Patty to stand in the stables, where she was surrounded by 20 horses. This is an example of
a. aversion-hierarchy conditioning. c. systematic desensitization. b. higher-order conditioning. d. flooding.