B. F. Skinner made major contributions to
a. structuralism. c. behaviorism.
b. functionalism. d. Gestalt psychology.
C
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Suppose that a research group wants to see whether a new educational program has an effect on children's bias against children of the other gender. In this study, the experimental group takes part in an educational program about gender, and the control group takes part in a different educational program. Which of the following factors—if true—would most likely be the confounding variable?
a. All of the children in both conditions are European American. b. The children in the gender-program condition are about one year older than the children in the control condition. c. No teacher has ever discussed any gender-related issues with the class. d. The children all live in the suburbs of Chicago.
As discussed in the text, one study conducted in 2001 examined short biographies that were written by nuns in 1930 . The study found that the nuns who ____ in the biographies had lived about 10 years longer than the nuns who didn't
a. focused on their adult lives rather than their childhoods b. expressed high commitment to being a nun c. focused on other people (rather than themselves) d. expressed high positive emotions
Which one of the following is not a type of interaction?
a. main effect b. ceiling effect c. antagonistic d. synergistic
Which of the following best describes a questionnaire with a closed-question format?
a. observing people and recording their behavior either through filming or through written records b. participants are allowed to state their own responses following the question c. researchers spend a considerable amount of time among the people they wish to study, often by actually living among them d. participants are provided with specific responses to choose from