To study the effect of workplace lighting on employee productivity, a researcher first manipulates the amount of lighting in a workspace and then observes its effect on a group's productivity. In this scenario, the researcher is focusing on which of the following elements required by the inferences of cause and effect?
A. covariation between variables
B. elimination of possible causes
C. temporal precedence
D. environmental stability
Answer: C
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a. People are usually realistic and objective. b. People tend to evaluate themselves in a more positive light than they really merit. c. In survey of high school students, 100% of the respondents saw themselves as above average. d. In a survey of high school students, 25% of the respondents thought they belonged in the top 1%.
Jacob is suffering from amphetamine psychosis. When in this state, Jacob's most prominent symptom will be
a. severe depression. b. panic attacks. c. paranoid delusions. d. auditory hallucinations.
For the social learning theorists, which of the following would most closely match the concept of a moral conscience?
a. the ideal self b. self-reinforcement c. the superego d. the trait of honesty