The __________ effect refers to a change in behavior in the absence of an experimental manipulation, due to an individual's belief that the treatment will have an effect
FIll in the blank with correct word.
Answer: placebo
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What did Williams and Best find in their cross-cultural research related to gender?
a. People largely agreed on gender role stereotypes b. Gender role stereotypes differed greatly from country to country. c. People generally agreed on feminine stereotypes but not masculine traits. d. People generally agreed on masculine stereotypes but not feminine traits.
Which of the following factors does NOT influence the strength of respondent conditioning?
a. temporal relationship between the NS and US b. contingency between the NS and US c. number of pairings of the NS and US d. formal relationship between the NS and US
Failing to confirm a hypothesis
a. Means that the hypothesis is incorrect b. Means that the equipment could be faulty c. Means that there may be problems with the experimental technique d. Any of the above are possible
Natural childbirth experts Grantly Dick-Read and Fernand Lamaze recognized that cultural attitudes about childbirth had __________
A) taught women to fear the birth experience B) helped women develop breathing techniques to lessen the pain of labor C) taught women that medical intervention was unnecessary in childbirth D) helped women focus on child rearing rather than childbirth