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Based on her review of relevant scientific studies,a researcher believes that there is a relationship between the frequency of a baby's crying and whether it was nursed at set intervals or on a demand schedule.If this belief were tested by experimentally manipulating feeding schedules,frequency of crying would be called the:

A) latent factor.
B) dependent variable.
C) independent variable.
D) control factor.

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It would be considered unethical for a psychology professor to require students to act as participants in his or her research in order to earn points for their class.

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A researcher tests the hypothesis that students who study in the room where they take their tests will perform better on the tests than students who study in other rooms.She assigns one group of volunteer participants to study in the classroom where the exam is given and another group to study in the library.All students take the test in the classroom,and their test performance is compared.In this example,where students study is the:

A student of Wilhelm Wundt ,Edward Titchener,was responsible for naming the ________ school of thought.

A teacher tells the school psychologist that Kate is late to class,does not turn in her homework,squirms around a lot in her seat,and swings her feet constantly.This is an example of which goal of psychology?

Eila is participating in a psychological experiment for one of the graduate students at her university.She is pretty confident that she knows the true intent of the study and is trying to answer the questions accordingly.This is because the graduate student who designed the study unintentionally left hints as to what the true purpose of the experiment was,and Eila has figured out that purpose.A common pitfall in experiments,Eila has been influenced by:

Descriptive research methods include naturalistic observations,case studies,and surveys.

The study of psychology requires the use of critical thinking to determine what is and what is not truly scientific.

What is one similarity shared by clinical psychologists and psychiatrists?

The question "How can it be changed?" refers to which of the following goals in psychology?

Structuralism emphasized __________.

Each of the following is a common ethical guideline mandated by the American Psychological Association EXCEPT ___________________.

In order to better understand the world around us,psychologists use techniques based on ___________.

Ken is planning on studying the influence of intelligence on the ability to recall events from the 1960s.Ken neglects to account for variables such as age that could also influence one's ability to recall these events> In this example,age could be considered a(n) __________________ variable.

In an experiment,a researcher wants to avoid the presence of:

The goals of psychology are to ________.

The school of thought that became known as behaviorism was founded by __________.

In the definition of psychology,the term mental processes refers to __________.

Political polls taken before major elections are examples of __________ research.

In a formal experiment,the group subjected to a change in the independent variable is called the __________ group.