A researcher is interested in how well a new anti-depressant drug works for people with mild depression. She recruits a group of 120 people with mild depression, measures their depression, and randomly allocates them into three conditions. The first condition receives a treatment of the drug for two weeks. The second condition believes that they are taking the drug for two weeks, but in fact they are given sugar pills. The third condition is a control condition and given nothing to take. After two weeks, the first two groups each had large improvements of a similar magnitude, while the third group had no improvement. The results of this study suggest a strong:
a. Effect of the anti-depressant drug
b. Placebo effect
c. The John Henry Effect
d. Carryover effect
b. Placebo effect
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Research investigating aggressive behavior in popular children reveals that they
a. are not aggressive. b. are less aggressive than their less popular age mates. c. largely use relational forms of aggression to enhance their popularity. d. largely use overt forms of aggression to enhance their popularity.
We know that we have entered the ____ zone when we can speak only a few words at a time before we need to pause our words to catch our breath
a. vigorous activity c. moderate intensity activity b. severe intensity activity d. rigorous activity
Cerebral achromatopisia is another term for __________ blindness
Fill in the blanks with correct word
The knowledge that people have about their own thinking processes and their ability to monitor their cognition is called
a. egocentrism. c. self-concept. b. metacognition. d. self-esteem.