Suppose a study is neither practically significant nor statistically significant. You should ____
a. reconsider everything
b. increase the dosage or improve implementation
c. increase the sample size and/or improve measurement
d. be happy with an optimal outcome
a
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Watson's analysis of behavior was reductionistic.?
a. True b. False
Behavior genetic studies rely strongly on ______ studies to tease apart the relative contribution of heredity and environment
a. twin c. cross-sectional b. strain d. acculturation
Genes are arranged on long strands called
A) platelets. B) base pairs. C) chromosomes. D) regulators.
A psychologist designs a study to investigate the effect of diaphragmatic breathing on test anxiety. After recruiting test-anxious subjects, the researcher splits the group so that two equivalent groups are created
One group is taught the method of breathing and asked to use it before taking a verbal memory test, while the other group is not taught the technique. After scoring the tests and conducting a statistical test, the researcher finds that the group that received the training significantly outperformed the other group. In this design, the test scores for each group would be A) an example of a correlational outcome. B) the independent variable. C) the dependent variable. D) considered random.