Which of the following is a reason that scientists use controlled conditions?
A) It simplifies data analysis
B) It is a requirement for an experiment to be published
C) It promotes valid and reliable results
D) It is essential to every experimental design
C
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Pressure occurs when
a. a shock happens unpredictably. b. one must choose between two events. c. a shock happens regularly. d. activities are speeded up or extra work is added.
At a young age, Watson became the chair of the department of psychology at Johns Hopkins University and the editor of the journal Psychological Review. Why?
a. His predecessor was forced to resign after having an affair with a student. b. His outstanding skills in the classroom, the laboratory, and the field made him the leading candidate for the job. c. His personal connections with many of the prominent psychologists of his day made him the leading candidate for the job. d. His predecessor was forced to resign after being arrested during a raid on a brothel.
Intrinsic motivation is to ________ as extrinsic motivation is to ________
a. overjustification; underjustification b. internal attribution; external attribution c. self-perception; overjustification effect d. introspection; self-perception
__________ suppress event-related potentials to repeated stimuli.
A. Neither healthy people nor people with schizophrenia B. Healthy people, but not people with schizophrenia, C. People with schizophrenia, but not healthy people, D. Both people with schizophrenia and healthy people