If you have a confounding variable in your experiment, it is impossible to make a clear-cut statement that the manipulation of the independent variable caused the change in the dependent variable
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Chapter 7 discusses a study by Bylsma and Major in which undergraduates were asked to specify what salary they should receive for working as a lab assistant. The results showed that
a. males and females requested the same salary. b. males requested a significantly higher salary. c. females requested a significantly higher salary. d. males and females who were not well qualified for the job requested similar salaries; among well-qualified people, males requested a significantly higher salary.
What was the basis for Babbage’s calculating machine??
a. ?The spirit of mechanism b. Automata and clocks? c. ?The mechanical nature of human mental actions d. ?None of the above e. ?All of the above
Scholars often use _____ to refer to male-female differences that are learned and _____ to designate biological differences
a. gender; sex c. gender; gender b. sex; gender d. sex; sex
Which one of the following is an example of a ratio level of measurement?
a. the number of times a laboratory monkey presses a bar in its experimental chamber during a one-hour period b. the temperature in Celsius of a hospital patient c. a racing-car driver's position at the end of a race d. a patient' rating of his own anxiety level on a scale where l0 represents "low anxiety" and l00 represents "extreme anxiety"