Any property of an organism, event, or something else that can take on different values is called _____
a. an operational definition
b. data
c. a variable
d. a case study
Answer: C
Rationale: : This refers to the object, concept, or event being measured.
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a. ?With the introduction of American television, adolescent girls in Fiji reported higher rates of dieting. b. ?Home-schooled American teens with no access to television reported less of a desire to diet than their public school counterparts. c. ?In regions of Africa once plagued by famine, food surplus levels positively correlate with the number of women reporting the need to diet. d. ?Adolescent German girls were three times as likely to go on diets after visiting America while vacationing with their families.
When you divide a child's mental age by his/her chronological age and multiply by 100, you have computed an
a) intelligence quotient. b) intelligence aptitude. c) intellectual component. d) intelligence/age ratio.
Infants may recognize commonly used words, such as their own names by the age of ______ months
a. 3 c. 9 b. 6 d. 12
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a. True b. False