A researcher designs a study to determine whether female preschoolers prefer sweetened or unsweetened cereal. The researcher uses a box of sweetened colorful cereal and a box of unsweetened tan colored cereal. The research finds that the group of
preschoolers ate more of the sweetened colorful cereal and therefore prefers the sweetened cereal. Which two variables are confounded in this experiment?
a. color of the cereal and children's gender
b. color of the cereal and sweetness of the cereal
c. sweetness of the cereal and amount of eating
d. children's gender and amount of eating
b
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
_______ tried to analyze sensation and perception separately, and _______ insisted on a unified analysis of sensations and perceptions
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