Individuals with which of the following conditions find it difficult to empathize with the pain of others?
a. warning pain syndrome
b. a somesthetic sense
c. congenital pain insensitivity
d. a masochism disorder
ANSWER: c
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a. ?dependent b. ?experimental c. ?descriptive d. ?naturalistic
In which research situation would the study be confounded? a. An extraneous variable varies systematically along with the two variables being studied
b. Two or more extraneous variables vary systematically together. c. An extraneous variable does not vary systematically with the other variables being investigated. d. An extraneous variable does not vary systematically with other extraneous variables.
In DeLoache's study on the use of a room-scale model, younger children (age two and a half years) did poorly because
a. their memory was bad, and they forgot where the toy was. b. they did not initially notice where the toy was hidden. c. strangers distracted them during the task. d. they did not understand that the model was a symbolic representation of the large room.
One reason that adolescents in the United States have a different educational experience than adolescents in Japan is that the cultural values in the United States are more individualistic than those in Japan
Research, from a bioecological perspective, that emphasizes these differences is focused on the A) exosystem. B) macrosystem. C) microsystem. D) mesosystem.