Your grandmother's cure for an upset stomach is to rub vinegar on your ear lobes. According to your relatives, the treatment works much of the time, but has no real medical effect. Placebos are often widely accepted because ____ is (are) very influential.
A. the double-blind effect
B. testimonials
C. correlational effects
D. confounding effects
Answer: B
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Around age 11, African American children begin to show higher self-esteem than Caucasian American children, due to __________.
A. noticing greater visibility of African Americans on television B. breaking away from their racial group C. developing more complex views of racial identity D. acknowledging negative aspects of their group membership
Which statement best describes effective treatment of sleep disorders?
a. Sleep medications are the most effective short- and long-term treatment for sleep disorders. b. Sleep medications can be used for long periods of time to treat severe sleep disorders. c. Cognitive-behavioral techniques are as effective as sleep medication in treating insomnia in the short term, but not in the long run. d. Cognitive-behavioral techniques are as effective as sleep medication in treating insomnia, and they are more effective in the long run. e. Unknown; researchers have yet to investigate and identify the best methods for treating sleep disorders.
Young children whose mothers are stressed eat more comfort food, which is most illustrative of the theory of _____
a. Darwin. b. Skinner. c. Bronfenbrenner. d. Bandura.
What the results of a study mean is the focus of the ____ section
a. follow-up b. discussion c. results d. debriefing