Dr. Smith noticed that during the summer, an ice-cream stand extended their hours. He also noticed that temperatures were higher and that people consumed more ice cream. The variable of hours the ice-cream stand was open is an example of

a. the experimental method. c. cause and effect.
b. the third-variable problem. d. the placebo effect.


B

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a. bodily causes of behavior. b. psychological causes of behavior. c. mind-related causes of behavior. d. psychosomatic causes of behavior.

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Pavlov won the Nobel Prize in 1904 for his work:?

a. ?on conditioned reflexes b. ?in physiology c. ?on salivation d. ?in the improvement of surgical techniques

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A patient who demonstrates uncharacteristically poor judgment and is unable to maintain a typical attention span may have experienced damage to the _________ lobes.

A. frontal B. parietal C. temporal D. occipital

Psychology

Self-representational research with preschoolers suggests that their descriptions:

A) can be accurate and consistent over short periods of time. B) can be accurate, but not consistent over short periods of time. C) are consistent, but not very accurate over short periods of time. D) are not consistent or accurate over short periods of time.

Psychology