The major difference between a laboratory experiment and a field experiment is the degree of

A. control.
B. manipulation.
C. random assignment.
D. correlation.


A. control.

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a. False memories lack detail and emotion. b. False memories occur in both children and adults. c. It is very difficult to influence children to believe false memories. d. Source monitoring errors are primarily errors of executive functions.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Which of the following statements is not true concerning education and volunteering?

a. College-educated adults volunteer more hours per week than those with less than a high school education. b. The percentage of college-educated adults volunteer more than the percentage of adults with less than a high school education. c. As education level increases, the number of hours volunteered per week decreases. d. More than 10% of college-educated adults volunteered an average of 2 hours per week. e. Almost 3% of adults with less than a high school education volunteered an average of 2.7 hours per week.

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For a child to be able to understand that the amount of water in a tall, thin glass is still the same amount that was it was when it was in a short, fat glass, the child must be able to ______.

a. classify the liquid as a substance that can be found in both a tall, thin glass and a short, fat glass b. use hypothetico-deductive reasoning to solve the problem c. decenter on the height of the liquid in the glass and pay attention to both the width of the container and the height of the liquid d. understand that knowledge is not absolute but relative, so they can resolve contradictory information

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