Professor Jenkins surveys his class regarding the effectiveness of marijuana as an aphrodisiac. 85 of the class strongly believes that marijuana has an aphrodisiac effect.
Professor Jenkins, however, informs his class that, to date, little evidence has supported
this assumption and, in fact, more evidence has actually supported the opposite. The
classes' original assumption depicts:
A) The correlation coefficient
B) The illusory correlation
C) The hindsight bias
D) The placebo effect
Question 2
Dr. Vandalay is conducting an experiment on the amount of time it takes college freshman to correctly solve a puzzle involving a number of abstract puzzle pieces.
One
of the groups is given verbal praise from an experimenter while they work on the puzzle.
The other group is given no verbal praise while working on the puzzle. Which of the
following best represents the Independent Variable and the Dependent variable of Dr.
Vandalay's experiment?
A) Independent Variable = amount of time it takes to complete the puzzle and
Dependent Variable = the abstract puzzle
B) Independent Variable = the amount of time it takes to complete the puzzle and
the Dependent Variable = verbal praise
C) Independent Variable = verbal praise and the Dependent Variable = the
amount of time it takes to complete the puzzle
D) Independent Variable = the abstract puzzle and the Dependent Variable = the
amount of time it takes to complete the puzzle
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