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Dr. Allen is studying the effects of stress on sexual desire. Dr. Allen's experimental design is to engage subjects in one of three experimental scenarios in which they play a game that is of easy, medium or high difficulty.
 
  The goal is to evoke low, medium, or high stress responses in subjects depending on which game they play. Following the game, the subjects are then asked to rate their level of desire for having intercourse with an attractive man or woman as depicted on a TV screen. Which part of Dr. Allen's experiment represents the dependent variable?
 
  a. the subjects ratings of their level of sexual desire
  b. the subjects themselves
  c. the level of stress evoked by the games
  d. Dr. Allen himself

Question 2

Andrew is asked to participate in a sexual research study whereby the researcher will observe Andrew's behavior around girls when he is out at a night club.
 
  Andrew participates in the study but instead of his usual up-front and boisterous attitude around women, Andrew instead acts very reserved and chivalrous around women. What term best describes why Andrew is acting differently from his usual self?
 
  a. causation c. observer effects
  b. self fulfilling prophecy d. preconceived identity bias



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tofugiraffe

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C




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Reply 2 on: Jun 18, 2018
Excellent


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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