When research participants receive different types of information that might affect their behavior on the dependent variable, we know that the independent variable is
a. a situational variable.
b. a participant variable.
c. a task variable.
d. an instructional variable.
d
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Biological evidence suggests that people with somatic symptom disorders have brain changes that lead to
a. distractibility. b. tendency to acclimate to continuous stimuli. c. enhanced cognitive functioning. d. all of these are associated with somatic symptom disorders.
One of the reasons that modern cultures differ so greatly from traditional cultures is that
A) more money is available and therefore newer cultures are more market-based. B) the structure of modern urban life has drastically changed the frequency of different kinds of social relationships. C) modern societies are "smarter" and have figured out better ways to live. D) modern urban dwellers have a fundamentally different nature than do members of traditional cultures.
Psychobiology, behavioral biology, and behavioral neuroscience are all approximate synonyms for
A) cognitive behavior. B) behavioral psychology. C) biopsychology. D) neurophysiology. E) neuroscience.
In the context of the studies conducted by Maisonet et al. (2010), who among the following is most likely to experience menarche later than the others?
A. Miranda, who was raised by a single mother B. Alyssa, who has an elder brother and a younger sister C. Amanda, whose mother abuses her physically D. Simone, who shares a distant and conflicting relationship with her father