Why is "motivation to perform" unlikely to be a dependent variable in an experiment designed to test an information-processing model of cognition? Why might a more likely dependent variable be?

What will be an ideal response?


Researchers using the information-processing model of cognition are mainly interested in how a child solves problems, not why. Number of errors in performance, reaction time, and kinds of responses are all more likely dependent variables in this type of experiment.

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a. more difference than similarity b. no significant difference c. more similarity than difference d. limited means of determining differences

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A. emerging adulthood B. late adolescence C. early adolescence D. middle adolescence

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