When researchers are interested in studying the effects of a variable that they can not control, they use designs

a. experimental
b. pseudoscientific
c. quasi-experimental
d. descriptive
e. operational


C

Psychology

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A feeling of deprivation about existing social relations is called

a. loneliness. b. rejection. c. jealously. d. empty love.

Psychology

Simon is in his late 50s and is completing a test that involves an assessment of vocabulary as well as a timed test that requires Simon to put picture designs together. If we compare Simon's scores on these two tests to these same tests taken by Simon when he was 20, we would expect his

a. score on the vocabulary test to have improved and his score on the picture design to have declined. b. score on the vocabulary test to have declined and his score on the picture design to have improved. c. his scores on both tests to have improved. d. his scores on both tests to have declined.

Psychology

The ego defense mechanism that involves the transformation of unacceptable impulses into creative and socially acceptable ones is called:

a. denial b. sublimation c. projection d. displacement

Psychology

Schachter & Singer's model of emotion puts the greatest emphasis on

a. arousal and action. c. cognitive interpretation. b. the importance of facial feedback. d. a nonphysiological theory.

Psychology