Sandy Sue was participating in an experiment in which she was given a pill that was supposed to cause her to get drowsy. Five minutes after taking the pill, Sandy Sue reported that she felt drowsy and wanted to lie down
The pill was actually made of sugar and had no ingredients to cause drowsiness. How do you explain Sandy Sue's drowsy feeling?
a) experimenter effect
b) placebo effect
c) subject bias
d) treatment effect
c
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Gladys is 15 years old. She has just moved to a new high school. Someone dared her to get her nose pierced, and Gladys did. When asked why, she said that she just had to because of the dare. What is the best neurological explanation for her impulsiveness?
A. immature corpus callosum B. immature reticular formation C. her postconventional thinking D. growth in her limbic system
The meta-needs are:
a. growth needs b. lower needs c. physiological needs d. deficiency needs
Classical conditioning is a type of learning which involves the association of _____
Fill in the blank with correct word
The purpose of stimulation research is to
A. identify stimuli that activate a particular part of the brain. B. identify the function of a part of the brain. C. observe individual ion channels in the membranes of neurons. D. observe the activity of a particular part of the brain.