When multiple treatment effects are not anticipated, the _____ design is a good choice because the participants in the different conditions of the experiment can be assumed to be equivalent
a. repeated measures c. between subjects
b. between groups d. both b and c
A
In repeated measures designs, the same people participate in the control and experimental conditions; therefore, they are equivalent if there are no multiple treatment effects.
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Which of the following is a reason frequently given by scientists to explain the much higher rate of eating disorders among females?
a. Women are much more likely than men to base self-image on body image. b. Men are not concerned about appearance. c. Men do not have to be concerned about the cultural image of good looks. d. Women do not tend to judge men based on appearance.
Harold Kelley developed the covariation principle to:
A. help people overcome responses resulting from obedience B. categorize and identify the origins of specific attitudes C. determine whether behavior should be attributed to dispositional or situational factors D. identify the masculine and feminine components of an individual's self-schema
According to Occam's Razor, evaluation of psychological phenomena demands the most _____ explanation to account for the available data
A) complex B) popular C) conventional D) simple
Dr. Manquero forms the hypothesis that ingesting chocolate prior to an exam will improve exam performance. She gives half of her participants chocolate and the other half gum. She then gives the participants an exam. In this experiment, what is the dependent variable?
a. the group that chews gum c. the group that eats chocolate b. the performance on the exam d. whether they eat chocolate or chew gum