Compared with experimental designs, correlational designs are likely to have
a. Higher external validity and lower internal validity
b. Lower external validity and higher internal validity
c. A greater ability to demonstrate a causal relationship between two variables
d. Greater control over extraneous variables
Ans: A
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a. infants and adults responded similarly; both remembered better when their practice was distributed over time. b. infants and adults responded similarly; both remembered better when they learned the material in one concentrated session. c. infants remembered better when practice was distributed; adults remembered better when they learned the material in one concentrated session. d. infants remembered better when they learned the material in one concentrated session; adults remembered better when practice was distributed.
According to the authors of your textbook, the periodic changes in the laws regarding civil commitment are a sign of a a. society that has no idea of what to do with this issue
b. hospital system that is ineffective in treating uncooperative patients. c. healthy system responding to the limits of previous decisions. d. prior mistake that has now been successfully corrected.
A classmate tells you the following:
"It's not how a teacher answers your question that matters but how you interpret his or her attempt at answering your question that leaves you satisfied or unsatisfied with his or her answer." This statement fits most closely with ideas from the school of thought known as A) behaviorism. B) cognitivism. C) psychoanalysis. D) structuralism.
Differences in scores produced by the independent variable corresponds with which of the following ANOVA terms?
a. Treatment effect c. Mean square b. Factor d. Level