In an experiment to assess the effects of a new hay fever drug, two groups are used. One group is given the drug while the second group is given a pill that contains no medication but looks and tastes exactly like the one containing the drug
. The group bgetting the pill that contains the hay fever drug is called the ______ group.
a. independent
b. experimental
c. dependent
d. control
b
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When Ming sprained his ankle in a backyard softball game, his girlfriend grabbed a bag of frozen corn from the freezer to wrap around his ankle until they got him to the local clinic. In this case, Ming's girlfriend:
a. showed high levels of functional fixedness b. was able to overcome functional fixedness c. demonstrated effective use of the availability heuristic d. relied on anchoring and adjustment
Which of the following are symbolic rewards, such as plastic chips, that can be exchanged for tangible rewards and are used to encourage positive changes in behavior?
a. operants b. tokens c. conditioned stimuli d. stimulus controls