Holding a variable constant prevents a participant characteristic from becoming a confound by ____
a. eliminating variability in that characteristic
b. reducing error
c. ensuring a nonbiased sample
d. increasing the differences between the groups
a
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a. stability in self-knowledge b. the role of family in revising self-knowledge c. the role of the social world in revising self-knowledge d. how easily a person can just decide to change
What alters the behavior of the pigeons in the Skinner box?
A. reinforcements B. stimuli C. punishments D. consequences
The basic premise of criminal law in the United States suggests that behavior is ____
a. fundamentally uncontrollable b. freely chosen c. a result of genes and our environment d. a product of both culture and family upbringing
Greenwald (1992) presented the words enemy loses subliminally to participants. These participants then:
A) began to feel positive emotions. B) began to think of negative things. C) were more likely to donate to their preferred political party. D) subsequently overestimated their likelihood of winning an arm-wrestling match.