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Which of the following statements would the authors of this text be most likely to endorse?
 
  a. The sleep-wake cycle is primarily related to parental expectations and routine.
  b. The sleep-wake cycle is influenced by many factors including physiological and environmental variables.
  c. The sleep-wake cycle is primarily related to cultural norms.
  d. The sleep-wake cycle is influenced by many factors, but is primarily affected by brain maturation.

Question 2

In a study of the effectiveness of cognitive therapy on anxiety, fifty anxious patients are divided into two groups. One group gets cognitive therapy, the other a fake kind of therapy that should have no benefit. However, the patients can tell that the second form of treatment is a fake. The study is weak because ____.
 
  a. its placebo condition did not control for expectancy
  b. it did not include an independent variable
  c. it confuses experimental designs with correlational designs
  d. it did not have a placebo condition



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A





 

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