In a test of a new anti-anxiety medication, participants are given either the medication or a placebo; the personnel administering the study, moreover, do not know which participants receive the medication and which receive the placebo. This experiment may be described as a(n) ________ study.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
double-blind
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Lana is considered by her fellow workers to be helpful, conscientious, and courteous, and she also avoids pettiness, gossiping, complaining, and making small problems into big ones. Lana is displaying organizational __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
According to the social learning theorist Albert Bandura, biological laws give an account of cerebral processes whereas ______ laws explain how biological processes are enlisted to serve different purposes.
a. behavioral b. learning c. conditioning d. psychological
Corrina is an adult whose parents divorced when she was a child. Compared to adults from intact families, she is
a. no more likely to divorce. c. more likely to have high life satisfaction. b. more likely to delay having children. d. more likely to become depressed.
SIDS occurs when
A. an infant has a low birth weight. B. an infant has breathing troubles. C. an infant has a genetic condition. D. an otherwise healthy infant dies in their sleep.