A psychologist designs a study to investigate the effect of diaphragmatic breathing on test anxiety. After recruiting test-anxious subjects, the researcher splits the group so that two equivalent groups are created. One group is taught this method of
breathing and asked to use it before taking a verbal memory test, while the other group is not taught the technique. After scoring the tests and conducting a statistical test, the researcher finds that the group that received the training significantly outperformed the other group. In this design, the test scores for each group would be __________.
A) an example of a correlational outcome
B) the independent variable
C) the dependent variable
D) considered random
Answer: C
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Why did the staff at the psychiatric hospital give Kevin Warner injections of antipsychotic medication?
a. People with Kevin's blood type do not respond to medication in pill form. b. A high level of gastric juices in his digestive system destroyed the medication. c. He only pretended to take the pills because he believed people were trying to poison him. d. Antipsychotic drugs given by injection do not have the same serious side effects as those in pill form.
A raw score is also called a(n) a. estimated score. b. predicted score. c. sigma
d. obtained score.
In Cheesman and Merikle's experiment, the standard Stroop effect was found in which of the four conditions?
a. 25%, 55%, 90%, and no mask b. 55%, 90% and no mask c. 90% and no mask d. 25%, 55% and 90%
Oral-to-visual intermodal perception is commonly studied in very young infants because
a. other types of intermodal matches are difficult to test. b. oral sensations are important for speech development. c. babies of this age experience many objects by mouth. d. hearing is well developed at birth.