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The observation of behavior as it occurs in natural settings is known as
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C. Naturalistic observation
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A correlation exists between two variables when
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C. Changes in the two variables are related to each other.
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Sue is conducting an experiment in which she is trying to determine the influence of staring at a speaker on how much different speakers stutter. Sue sends people to a speech class with instructions to stare for varied amounts of time at the speaker. The dependent variable is the
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D. Amount of stuttering that occurs
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Researchers who systematically change on variable in order to determine what effect this has on another variable are using:
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B. Experimental methods
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In experimental research, one variable is measured. This variable is known as the:
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D. Dependent variable
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The dependent variable is defined as the variable that is
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D. Measured by the experimenter
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In experimental research, one variable is systematically altered. This variable is known as the
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C. Independent variable
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The procedure that ensures that participants are not assigned to an experimental condition on the basis of any individual characteristics is called
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B. Random assignment
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The extent to which experimental results can be generalized to real-life situations is a question of an experiments
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D. External validity
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The process during which we interpret, analyze, remember, and use information about the social world is known as
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C. Social cognition
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Mental frameworks for organizing and processing social information are known as
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C. Schemas
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Schemas affect our use of stored memories by
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A. Making it easier to retrieve information that is consistent with the schema
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One evening, after seeing a ____ at the Cineplex, you are on your way home. You drive into a store parking lot, where another driver grabs a parking place you had spotted and were waiting for. You perceive this behavior as very ______
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A. Violent movie; aggressive
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An increase availability of information due to exposure to specific stimuli is known as
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D. Priming
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Where schemas are concerned, the perseverance effect is
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A. Schemas/resistance to change even in light of contradictory information
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