Professor Plumb is interested in the impact of fruit consumption on memory. He identifies a group of college students to serve as research participants. Then he randomly assigns them to one of three conditions. In condition 1, the students eat no fruit for a week. In condition 2, students eat one pound of fruit each day for one week. Those students assigned to condition 3 eat five pounds of fruit
each day for one week. At the end of the week, Professor Plumb measures the students' memory recall for a list of 20 words. Given this description, Professor Plumb appears to be using a(n) _____ research technique.
a. correlational
b. meta-analysis
c. experimental
d. biographical
c
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A. It would retain more information about each individual. B. It would be more flexible. C. It would avoid arbitrary decisions involved in assignment to a diagnostic category. D. All of these are correct
The prime adaptive ego quality of infancy is
A. caring. B. fidelity. C. will. D. hope.
Missy is a college student attending a college thousands of miles from her hometown. She has made few friends at the college and has just broken up with her long-time boyfriend back home. Missy would be extremely susceptible to
a. just-world beliefs. b. passive compliance. c. cult conversion. d. an empathy-helping relationship.
When her mother tells her that she may not place her favorite box of sugared cereal into the grocery cart, 4-year-old Molly cries, “NO! NO! NO!” and throws herself on the floor Her mother calmly tells Molly that she will lose 5 minutes of screen time
for every minute she continues to throw a fit. After only one minute, Molly stops screaming and climbs back into the cart to continue shopping. Losing screen time is an example of __________. a. positive punishment b. negative punishment c. positive reinforcement d. negative reinforcement