Which of the following represents the extremes in the dimension described as the extent to which the experimenter intervenes in the study?
a. field research and laboratory
b. true experiment and naturalistic observation
c. laboratory and true experiment
d. correlation and naturalistic observation
B
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements matches findings related to pornography and sexuality?
a. In Denmark where pornography has been legal since the 1960s, there are high rates of rape and sexual violence. b. In Japan where pornography is sold freely and dominated by rape and bondage scenes, lower rates of rape are reported than those in the U.S. c. Women in societies that forbid or repress pornography tend to have more positions of power and be held in higher esteem than in countries that have few restrictions on pornography. d. A study of four countries found that as the availability of pornography increases, the rates of rape and other sexual crimes increases rapidly.
Suppose you were interested in studying how the color of a room might affect student performance on exams. Describe the experiment you would design to investigate this, and be sure to indicate what the independent and dependent variables are in the study you chose, and how you might deal with the problem of confounding variables
What will be an ideal response?
Once conditioning has been acquired, presenting just the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus produces
a. extinction. b. generalization. c. a new conditioned response. d. spontaneous recovery.