A professor wants to design her courses to offer students the best chance of succeeding. In order to determine the best approach to use, she decides to vary the number of quizzes she administers during her first two years of teaching
What is a good dependent variable for this professor to use?
a) number of absences in each class
b) average grade in each of the classes
c) students' scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test
d) number of seniors in each of the classes she teaches
ANS: b
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a. She will be given medication, and once her manic episode has been controlled, she will be released with no further court involvement. b. She will be confined in a secure facility until she is deemed competent to stand trial. c. She will be represented during court proceedings by her legal guardian. d. She will be sent to a public psychiatric hospital until she is deemed competent to stand trial.
The goal of hunger is ____
a. ?to motivate us to pay attention b. ?a secondary motive c. ?to maintain homeostasis d. ?based on a positive feedback loop
Psychological science is
A) both empirical and deterministic. B) empirical but not deterministic. C) deterministic but not empirical. D) neither empirical or deterministic.
Nick was admitted to a mental institution because he claimed he was the king of an alien race that would soon return to earth to dominate mankind. He claimed to be in constant communication with these aliens and helping to plan for their return
His symptoms are known as ________. a. delusions b. obsessions c. hallucinations d. compulsions