In the Friedrich and Stein study on the influence of television on aggression, the type of television show watched (aggressive, prosocial, or neutral) represented the ____ variable in the experiment

a. extraneous
b. dependent
c. independent
d. confounding

c

Psychology

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Regarding the authoritarian personality, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. As children, most people who show an authoritarian personality were severely punished, and, as a result, learned to fear and cover authority at an early age. b. Persons with an authoritarian personality tend to be closed-minded. c. Those with an authoritarian personality feel inferior to everyone who is different, not just other ethnic groups. d. In general, people are more likely to express authoritarian beliefs when they feel threatened.

Psychology

The opponent-process theory does better than the trichromatic theory at explaining which of these?

a. Motion blindness b. Color constancy c. Negative afterimages d. Dark adaptation

Psychology