Define a double-blind study and explain why this procedure is used in an experiment
What will be an ideal response?
It means that neither the subjects nor the researchers know who is receiving the independent variable or the placebo. It is used to reduce expectancy bias in both the researcher and the volunteers.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
What is the search for explanation within the confines of the world and its reality, combined with a rejection or diminishment of revealed or otherworldly concepts?
a. Philology c. Secularism b. Nominalism d. Ockham’s Razor
Jane's teacher has haphazardly placed eight sticks of different lengths on the table. He asks Jane to put the sticks in order from shortest to longest. Through this test, Jane's teacher is testing her ability of
A. understanding object permanence. B. seriation. C. transitivity. D. centration.
According to the opponent-process theory,
A) ?the b-process is quick to increase and slow to decrease. B) ?the a-process is slow to increase and slow to decrease. C) ?the b-process is quick to increase and quick to decrease. D) ?the b-process is slow to increase and slow to decrease.