An experiment was run in which group A was given 3 minutes to study a word list, while group B was given 10 minutes to study the same list. Later, both groups were asked to recall words from the list. In this study, the number of words recalled is the _
a. independent variable
b. dependent variable
c. placebo
d. control group
b
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The personality theorist who helped bring personality into the mainstream and made it an academically respectable topic is:
a. Alfred Adler. c. Gordon Allport. b. Raymond Cattell. d. Erich Fromm.
The subjective feelings of an emotion follow our interpretations or appraisals of the stimulus according to the:
A. social learning theory of emotions B. affective neuroscience approach C. peripheral theories of emotion D. cognitive appraisal theories of emotion
The core pathology associated with the achievement of stagnation is
a. inferiority. b. mistrust. c. rejectivity. d. dominance.
Although vasodilating drugs such as papaverine and prostaglandin are effective in producing an erection for patients with erectile dysfunction, many patients discontinue use of the drugs because of a. pain associated with drug administration
b. the fact that these drugs eventually cure the disorder. c. the expense of the drug. d. the fact that the effectiveness of the drug decreases with continued use.