Which type of variable is manipulated by an experimenter?

a. Dependent
b. Independent
c. Confounding
d. Extraneous


b

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Rather than provide details about the party she just attended, Patty tried to give her overall impression. Patty was operating on the assumption of ____, that the whole may be greater than the mere sum of its parts

a. psychophysics b. holistic psychology c. Gestalt psychology d. psychodynamics

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Your text discusses four major reasons to explain the improved memory and learning abilities in the aging child. Which item below is NOT one of these reasons?

a. Increased knowledge about how memory works b. An increase in general knowledge about the world c. A working-term memory that increases from 1 slot at birth to about 10 slots by age five years d. Better "software" for effective information retrieval

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People with__________insist that they are suffering from a serious physical malady, even though no medical evidence of it can be found

A) dissociative amnesia B) illness anxiety disorder C) bipolar disorder D) delusions of grandeur E) Select

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A chimpanzee named _______________ learned to use approximately 200 signs from American Sign Language

A) Washoe B) Viki C) Kanzi D) Cheetah

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