Suppose a study reports findings that private school students do better academically compared to public school students,
where the researchers are looking at existing schools from both categories as the independent variable and grade point averages as the dependent variable. In this study, the researcher is making use of a
a. quasi-experiment with a nonmanipulated independent variable.
b. laboratory experiment with a high degree of internal validity.
c. correlational study with no manipulations.
d. descriptive study with no manipulations and measures.
a
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Joshua is very clingy with his parents. He generally refuses to move more than short distances from them and shows extreme distress when they leave. His behavior most likely reflects a(n) ____ attachment.?
a. ?secure b. ?resistant c. ?permissive d. ?avoidant
An irresistible urge to repeat an action over and over again is called a(n)
a. obsession. b. compulsion. c. phobia. d. fetish. e. conversion.
A rat learned to press a bar to turn off a mild shock it was receiving through the floor of its cage. In this case, bar pressing was
a. classically conditioned. b. learned through negative reinforcement. c. learned through punishment. d. a positively reinforced motor skill.