In the context of types of experimental designs, each treatment is administered to a different group of subjects in a ________.
A. fractional factorial design
B. higher-order factorial design
C. between-subjects design
D. within-subjects design
Answer: C
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a) Cognitive therapies b) Cognitive-behavioral therapies c) Behavioral therapies d) Psychodynamic therapies
In support of the hypothesis that improved processing efficiency accounts for cognitive development, researchers have found that children's thinking and response time
A) are slower with maturation and increased experience. B) get faster with age. C) are determined by abilities to accommodate and assimilate new schemes. D) are more determined by genetic factors than by environmental factors.
A lesson to be learned from the research on flashbulb memories is that
A. rehearsal cannot account for them. B. people's confidence in a memory predicts its accuracy (high confidence = high accuracy). C. extreme vividness of a memory does not mean it is accurate. D. they are permanent and resist forgetting.
The monoamine hypothesis of the development of depression focuses on insufficient activity of several neurotransmitters. Although this hypothesis has influenced treatment, it is not without shortcomings as an explanation for depression
What is one of the problems of this hypothesis? a) In some cases, high levels of these neurotransmitters are the actual cause of depression. b) Not all people who suffer depression have all the neurotransmitters thought to be involved in depression. c) Other neurotransmitters such as GABA and acetylcholine appear to be involved in some cases of depression. d) The neurotransmitter levels thought to be involved in depression are actually responding to changes in diet that often accompany depression.