A professor uses a new teaching method in one class and uses his old teaching method in another section of that same course. At the end of the semester, he compares final exam grades in the two courses. What type of quasi-experimental research design is described in this example?
A. interrupted time series design
B. one-group pretest-posttest design
C. nonequivalent control group posttest-only design
D. nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design
Answer: C
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a. the trail you see is caused by sparks left behind from the sparkler. b. due to its differing wavelengths, the light from the sparkler continues to radiate for about a second after it goes out. c. the length of iconic memory (the persistence of vision) is about a fraction of a second. d. Gestalt principles work to complete the circle in our minds.
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A) association. B) transference. C) emotional awareness. D) cognitive restructuring.
Maslow believed that everyone is motivated by:
a. sexual desires c. a self-actualizing tendency b. aggressive tendencies d. personality traits