Using a non-equivalent control group can result in ________ between groups because participants were not randomly assigned.
a. similar variability
b. observer bias
c. selection differences
d. an independent variable
Ans: c. selection differences
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Gick and Holyoak (1980) found that the ability to solve a problem
a. did not depend on the participant's having previously read the solution to a similar problem. b. was dependent on the participant's being explicitly told to use the example as a hint in solving the problem. c. was independent of whether participants had been told to use the story as a hint in solving the problem. d. was unrelated to the participant's familiarity with similar problems.
According to your textbook, which of the following would NOT be classified as a scheduled gradual reduction technique?
a. A person delays having the first cigarette in the morning and then tries to delay a little longer each day. b. A person gradually reduces the total number of cigarettes smoked each day. c. A person quits completely, but for just one week, then quits again, a week at a time, for as many times as necessary to make it stick. d. A person who smokes heavily one day and then goes "cold turkey" the next day, alternating every other day.
An infant hears a loud noise and draws up his/her legs, arches the back and starts to cry. The infant exhibits the _____ reflex
a. Palmar c. Babinski b. Moro d. Premack
Brain imaging studies have implicated an area of the cortex called the TPO, lying at the junction of the temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes, which may be the cause of this condition:
a. anesthesia b. synesthesia c. senesthesia d. synosthesia e. sensorithesia