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
Related Mcqs:
- An experiment is performed to test the effects of sleep deprivation on rote memory. In this experiment, the dependent variable in the:
A. number of hours subjects go without sleep
B. rote memory scores
C. number of subjects deprived of sleep in the experimental group
D. correlation between hours of sleep and fatigue - An experiment is performed to see if background music improves learning Two groups study the same material. one while listening to music. The independent variable is:
A. learning
B. the size of the group
C. the material studied
D. music - In an experiment studying the effects of different drugs on reaction time, each subject is presented with all of the conditions in the experiment. This is an example of ____________?
A. factorial design
B. within subjects design
C. between subjects design
D. quasi-experimental design - If someone already spreads the rumor about an experiment for being assessment of racist attitudes and the subjects then take care of not showing racist attitudes. The result of experiment will be __________?
A. invalid
B. biased
C. error
D. unreliable - in the traditional learning experiment, the effect of practice on performance is investigate(d) performance is the ______________ variable.
A. independent
B. extraneous
C. dependent
D. control - A variable such as the personality of a subject, that might affect he outcome of and experiment would be controlled by:
A. random assignment of subjects
B. assuming the effects of the variable are negligible
C. manipulating the dependent variables simultaneously
D. repeating the experiment several times until the results are consistent - In the simplest experiment, the two groups of subjects are treated exactly alike except for the ______________ variable.
A. independent
B. dependent
C. extraneous
D. hypothetical theory formulation - In which method of study of psychology, independent and dependent variable are important elements.
A. Introspection Method
B. Experimental Method
C. Observational Method
D. Case History Method - What it is called, when more than one independent variable works in an experimental situation?
A. Situational Crisis
B. Interaction
C. Multisituational Effect
D. Variable Crisis - An independent variable is _____________?
A. the only variable of interest
B. a variable that is independently verified
C. a variable whose value depends on that of the dependent variable
D. the variable that is manipulated by experimenter
