In an experiment, the treatment administered is the _______ variable and the resulting behavior is the _______ variable
a. control; experimental
b. experimental; dependent
c. independent; dependent
d. dependent; independent
Answer: C
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a. stonewalling b. defensiveness c. contempt d. criticism
Following a rape, what is the first thing a rape victim should do?
a. Write down as much information as she can about the assailant and where the rape took place. b. Go to the pharmacy to get the "morning after pill" to prevent a possible pregnancy. c. Take a shower to decrease the chance of contracting a sexually transmitted infection. d. Ask a friend or relative to take her to a hospital for an examination.
Which of the following represents a key distinction between state anxiety and trait anxiety, as measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)?
a) Trait anxiety has much higher test-retest reliability than does state anxiety. b) Trait anxiety has been confirmed by factor analysis, while state anxiety has not. c) Trait anxiety has much lower internal consistency than does state anxiety. d) Trait anxiety has been confirmed in clinical research, analysis, while state anxiety has not.
The concept of mate value refers to _______.
a) what people desire in an ideal partner b) what people seek to avoid in a potential partner c) people’s own desirability as a partner d) how valuable people consider their partners to be