Dr. Cummings conducts an experiment on memory using participants above the age of 65 . All people above the age of 65 would make up the ____
a. sample
b. census
c. population
d. subgroup
c
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Random assignment is
a) only used in a control group. b) part of the criteria for a design to be considered an experiment. c) used in the correlational method. d) all of the above.
According to Influence, why is it so easy to be "conned" into compliance by a requester who uses scarcity pressures?
(a) Because these pressures produce a state of calm that makes considered thinking easy. (b) Because scarcity pressures are so subtle, we hardly know they are there. (c) Because we are naturally inclined to try to achieve gains more than avoid losses. (d) None of the above.
In a cause-and-effect relationship, the independent variable in a study is best associated with
the: A) effect B) cause C) both cause and effect D) neither cause nor effect
Stanley Milgram, in his studies of obedience to authority, has been criticized for pressuring his subjects to continue "shocking" the "learner" by stating, "You have no other choice, you must go on."
In terms of the current APA codes of ethical behavior, Milgram most directly violated the principle of a. offering inducements for research participation. b. informed consent for recording voices and images in research. c. boundaries of competence. d. delegation of work to others.