Ken is planning on studying the influence of
intelligence on the ability to recall events from the 1960s. If Ken does not account for variables such as age, which could also influence one's ability to recall these events, age could be considered a(n) ________.
a) random variable
b) dependent variable
c) confounding variable
d) independent variable
ANS: c
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a. Otolith organ b. Temporal cortex c. Cochlea d. Fovea
Why do neurons rely so heavily on glucose as their source of nutrition? a. Neurons lack the enzymes necessary to metabolize other fuels
b. Glucose is the only fuel that can be used even in the absence of vitamins. c. Glucose is not used extensively by other parts of the body. d. Other fuels do not readily cross the blood-brain barrier.
Polina participates in a short-term memory experiment. The experimenter reads aloud a list of twenty objects, and Polina has to mentally rate how effective each object would be if she was stranded on a deserted island. The experimenter then asks her to count backwards by threes from one hundred. This task, known as ____, ensures that Polina does not rehearse the information to keep it in her
short-term memory.? a. ?motivated forgetting b. ?chunking c. ?the Brown-Peterson distractor technique d. ?the relearning method
David McClelland and John Atkinson are most closely associated with research on:
a. achievement motivation b. locus of control c. internal-external measurement in children d. sensation seeking