A researcher believes that depressive symptoms will be reduced when family members give attention to competent behavior and express disinterest when depressive behavior is exhibited. In this example, attention is the ____ and depressive symptoms are the ____
a. confounding variable; manipulated variable
b. dependent variable; independent variable
c. independent variable; dependent variable
d. experimental variable; control variable
C
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A) generalized anxiety disorder. B) dysthymia. C) agoraphobia. D) double depression.
Gender constancy is the knowledge that one is male or female
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Sometimes a learner has to execute a series of behaviors in a row in response to a cue, known as ______.
a. shaping b. spontaneous recovery c. avoidance conditioning d. response chain
For men whose sperm lack a tail, which procedure produces the best chance of conception?
A) Removal of sperm from the testes and in vitro fertilization B) Pooling of several ejaculates and injection of the sperm into the uterus C) Pooling of several ejaculates and injection of the sperm near the cervix D) Small injections of estrogens to increase sperm count and viability