In one classic experiment, rats were given meals of chocolate chip cookies, salami, cheese, bananas, marshmallows, milk chocolate, peanut butter, and fat. The rats
a. lost weight because of the nutritional imbalance in the foods provided.
b. overate, gaining about three times as much weight as rats fed laboratory rat chow.
c. did not gain or lose weight, since sweetness and fat content only encourage humans to overeat.
d. chose to eat only the salami, cheese, and bananas.
B
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a. success b. temperamental traits c. intelligence d. sociability
If is meaningful to say that Jimmy gets twice as much money as a weekly allowance than his little brother does, we know that allowance is being measured on this scale of measurement
a. nominal c. interval b. ratio d. ordinal
All of the following are characteristics of affectively based attitudes except that they are
a. not a result of rational examination. b. often linked to values. c. a central part of one's self. d. governed by logic.
When Milgram's experimental series was reenacted in Bridgeport, Connecticut, far from the prestige and authority of Yale University, the proportion of participants who fully complied with orders to shock the learner ________ compared to the Yale rate.
A. increased moderately B. doubled C. remained unchanged D. decreased