Low-income children who are at risk for illness, and subsequent lifelong illness, have demonstrated resiliency if circumstances improve for them as adults

In essence, random assignment means that

a. each participant in the study has an equal chance of being assigned to either the control or the experimental group. b. participants with particular characteristics are eliminated from the study. c. participants with particular characteristics are assigned to particular groups. d. neither the participant, nor the experimenter is aware of which participants are in which groups. e. participants are randomly selected to participate in the experiment.

Which of the following was a finding in the classic study by Festinger and Carlsmith (1959)?

a. Those who got $1 to perform a boring task said the task was more interesting than did those who got $20. b) Those who got $20 to perform a boring task said the task was more interesting than did those who got $1. c) Paid groups said the task was less boring than did nonpaid groups. d) Women performed the tasks for less money than men.