Researchers conducted a study on "inattentional blindness" in the central gathering plaza of a university campus to determine whether individuals would notice unusual events. For half of the observation periods, a clown rode a unicycle in the plaza; in the other half of the observation periods, two costumed confederates acted a scene from Hamlet. Trained research assistants asked individuals who had walked through the plaza if they had noticed anything unusual. What type of observational study does this study represent?
A. field experiment
B. structured observation
C. naturalistic observation
D. reactive observation
A. field experiment
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a. a flawed social clock. b. great plasticity. c. minimal longevity. d. maturational grief.
The cell which underlies the activity of the entire nervous system is the _________
a. transmitter cell b. amoeba c. neuron d. carcinoma
A form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the importance of how a person thinks and the effect these thoughts have on a person's feelings and behaviors is known as ____
a. cognitive–behavioral therapy c. behavioral therapy b. psychoanalysis d. Gestalt therapy
Animals will gain up to two to three times their normal weight when the
A. lateral hypothalamus is lesioned. B. lateral hypothalamus is stimulated. C. ventromedial hypothalamus is lesioned. D. ventromedial hypothalamus is stimulated.