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Title: Erica is conducting experimental research in which she is looking at the effect of type of music on ...
Post by: sun1322 on Mar 13, 2018
Erica is conducting experimental research in which she is looking at the effect of type of music on intellectual development. What is the independent variable in this example?
 
  a. type of music
 b. intellectual development
  c. the control group
 d. the experimental group

Ques. 2

In an experimental design, what is often the outcome or the variable that is being measured (e.g., score on a test)?
 
  a. extraneous variable
 b. independent variable
  c. dependent variable
 d. confounding variable

Ques. 3

In an experimental design, what is often the variable of interest that is being manipulated?
 
  a. extraneous variable
 b. independent variable
  c. dependent variable
 d. confounding variable

Ques. 4

Dorothy conducted an experiment in which there was a 20 point difference between the experimental and control group. The statistical test suggests that this result did not occur simply by chance. Dorothy's results are said to have (found) ____.
 
  a. statistical significance
  b. practical significance
  c. descriptive statistics
 d. meta-analysis

Ques. 5

After conducting an experiment, the means for the two groups are not identical which may suggest a difference between the two groups. However, in order to be sure, you need to analyze the experimental results in terms of the likelihood that the result simply occurred by chance. This is called ____.
 
  a. statistical significance
  b. practical significance
  c. descriptive statistics
 d. meta-analysis

Ques. 6

Christia is in the process of developing a research idea. She currently is reviewing various ____, which consists of explanatory principles for the phenomenon of interest.
 
  a. correlational studies
  b. dependent variables
  c. hypotheses
 d. theories

Ques. 7

The idea of the modularity of the mind was also stated, albeit in different terms, by Franz Joseph Gall, a(n) ____.
 
  a. Freudian
 b. phrenologist
 c. associationist
  d. behaviorist

Ques. 8

____ is the belief that most human behavior explains how people think.
 
  a. Associationism
  b. Behaviorism
 c. Cognitivism
 d. Gestantism

Ques. 9

Who is known for the development of the concept modularity of the mind?
 
  a. B.F. Skinner
 b. Jerry Fodor
 c. Albert Bandura
 d. Donald Broadbent


Title: Erica is conducting experimental research in which she is looking at the effect of type of music on ...
Post by: ssssaww on Mar 13, 2018
Answer to #1

a

Answer to #2

c

Answer to #3

b

Answer to #4

a

Answer to #5

a

Answer to #6

d

Answer to #7

b

Answer to #8

c

Answer to #9

b


Title: Erica is conducting experimental research in which she is looking at the effect of type of music on ...
Post by: sun1322 on Mar 13, 2018
Thank you for helping me with this assignment of mine