This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: Dr. Schmo is doing a study examining the effects of fear on midterm grades in a psychology course. ... (Read 75 times)

TFauchery

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 500
Dr. Schmo is doing a study examining the effects of fear on midterm grades in a psychology course. He sets up three conditions (high fear, moderate fear, no fear). An appropriate manipulation check would be
 
  A) to give a test of fear to participants and compare the three groups.
  B) to give an alternative psychology midterm.
  C) to compare test scores between three groups.
  D) None of the above

Question 2

In experimental studies, it is important to design experiments so that
 
  A) unsystematic error is increased.
  B) extraneous variance is maximized.
  C) experimental conditions are clearly different from each other.
  D) nonexperimental conditions are clearly different from each other.



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

fraziera112

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 356
Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C




TFauchery

  • Member
  • Posts: 500
Reply 2 on: Aug 4, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


yeungji

  • Member
  • Posts: 319
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

Did you know?

For about 100 years, scientists thought that peptic ulcers were caused by stress, spicy food, and alcohol. Later, researchers added stomach acid to the list of causes and began treating ulcers with antacids. Now it is known that peptic ulcers are predominantly caused by Helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped bacterium that normally exist in the stomach.

Did you know?

Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).

Did you know?

This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.

Did you know?

Interferon was scarce and expensive until 1980, when the interferon gene was inserted into bacteria using recombinant DNA technology, allowing for mass cultivation and purification from bacterial cultures.

Did you know?

Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library