What technique ensures that personal characteristics that might affect the outcome of the experiment are divided proportionally among the participants in the different groups, making groups equivalent?
a) Dependent variables
b) Random assignment
c) Independent variables
d) Statistics
Answer: b
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a. ?experience with the tools available in the perceptual field b. ?a restructuring of the perceptual field c. ?opposable thumbs d. ?critical thinking skills e. ?transfer of training
___ is a psychological reaction to limited space whereas ___ is the number of people per unit of space.
a. Crowding; density b. Personal space; density c. Density; crowding d. Personal space; territory e. Density; personal space
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a. contact comfort. b. surrogate bonding. c. imprinting. d. unconditional positive regard.
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a. antisocial b. paranoid c. borderline d. dependent