A. the dependent group and the independent group
B. the extraneous group and the independent group
C. the before group and the after group
D. the control group the experimental group
Related Mcqs:
- The independent variable in an experiment is : ______________?
A. the subject himself
B. a measure of the subject’s behavior
C. the variable that the experimenter chooses to manipulate
D. any unwanted variable that may adversely affect the subject’s performance - Three major ethical concerns psychological researchers deception, lasting harm to subjects, and _____________?
A. morality of the under investigation
B. falsified results
C. invasion of privacy
D. loss of future research possibilities - The chief function of the control group in an experiment is that it:
A. allows mathematical relationships to be established.
B. provides a point of reference against which the behavior of the experimental group can be compared
C. balances the experiment to eliminate all extraneous variables
D. is not really necessary - Tolman’s experiment with rats in the maze was aimed to study: __________?
A. Operant conditioning learning
B. trial-and-error learning
C. Latent learning
D. Classical conditioning learning - “Statistically significant” means that the results of an experiment most likely:
A. had practical significance
B. resulted from chance variations
C. were not strongly correlated
D. were not due to chance - The cell body of a neuron is also called the: ______________?
A. dendrite
B. axon
C. myelin
D. soma - The main function of myelin is to ______________?
A. form a protective coating over nerve axons
B. affect the seed of nerve impulses
C. block the reception of acetylcholine
D. Nome of these - A team coach who benches a player for poor performance is using ______________?
A. aversive conditioning
B. modeling
C. negative reinforcement
D. punishment - For the connection between the CS and the CR to be strengthened the CS must ______________?
A. generalize to the UR
B. precede the US
C. be identical to the US
D. be followed by the UR - In classical conditioning, learning is evident when a: ______________?
A. stimulus automatically produces a response without a prior history of experience
B. stimulus which did not initially produce a response now elicits that response
C. spontaneously emitted response increases in frequency as a result of in consequences
D. subjects repeats an action he or she has observed in another and is praised for it
