Two girls, 8-year-old Molly and 4-year-old Anna were told this story: "Jessie is a 5-year-old girl whose best friend is a boy. Jessie likes to play with trucks"
They were then asked how much Jessie would like to play with masculine and feminine toys. How would you expect Molly and Anna to reply?
a. Molly and Anna are both likely to say that Jessie would like to play with masculine toys.
b. Molly and Anna are both likely to say that Jessie would like to play with feminine toys.
c. Molly is likely to say that Jessie would like to play with masculine toys, but Anna is likely to say that Jessie would like to play with feminine toys.
d. Molly is likely to say that Jessie would like to play with feminine toys, but Anna is likely to say that Jessie would like to play with masculine toys.
c
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pill that the other group did not receive, the experimental group will most likely expect to learn more. Thus, any observed differences between groups may reflect differences in expectation, not the actual effect of the drug, a problem known as the a. anthropomorphic error. b. research participant bias. c. courtesy bias. d. double-blind experimental effect.
In classical conditioning, an association is learned between the ____
a. ?neutral stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus b. ?conditioned stimulus and the neutral stimulus c. ?unconditioned stimulus and the unconditioned response d. ?conditioned stimulus and the conditioned response
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A) ?True. B) ?False.
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a. somatosensory cortex b. cerebellum c. occipital lobe d. orbitofrontal cortex