Ken is planning on studying the influence of intelligence on the ability to recall events from the 1960s. If Ken does not account for variables such as age that could also influence one's ability to recall these events, age could be considered a(n) ______
a) random variable.
b) dependent variable.
c) confounding variable.
d) independent variable.
c
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a. The gate control theory of pain b. Delusional pain c. Chronic pain d. Phantom limb pain.
As a job applicant at Quahog Insurance, Lois must complete a situational judgment test. For the test, she views a video about various workplace scenarios and then must describe how she would respond if she was in that situation. According to the textbook, such tests are utilized ____
a. ?to serve more and more as a replacement for standard intelligence tests b. ?as supplements to cognitive and personality tests c. ?as a test of the applicant’s level of job-relevant knowledge d. ?to predict a range of behaviors from absenteeism to organizational citizenship behaviors
What is responsible for sharpening contrast at visual borders?
A. Receptive fields B. Lateral inhibition C. Retinal disparity D. The direction in which the light shines
Assume that researchers have found a recessive gene for schizophrenia and that Al's father carries that recessive gene, whereas Al's mother does not. What is the probable outcome for Al with respect to schizophrenia?
a) Al will not develop schizophrenia. b) Al will definitely develop schizophrenia. c) Al has a 25 percent chance of developing schizophrenia. d) Al has a 50 percent chance of developing schizophrenia.