A psychologist wanted to see if people are more prone to seek the company of others when anxious than when calm. He randomly assigned half of his subjects to an anxiety group and then told them that, as part of the study,
they would receive electric shocks. He did not frighten the other group of subjects. Finally, he recorded how many subjects in each group chose to be "tested" in a group setting and how many chose to be "tested" alone. What was the independent variable in this study?
a. tendency to desire the company of others
b. level of shock
c. level of anxiety
d. the anxious group
c
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Because our senses select, analyze, and filter information until only the most important information remains, our senses are considered systems
a. convergent b. data reduction c. somesthetic d. replicating
Regarding psychoses that are directly caused by physical damage to the brain, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Children who eat leaded paint or breathe leaded paint powder can become psychotic or intellectually disabled. b. Children with higher levels of lead in their blood are more likely to be arrested as adults for criminal offenses. c. "Poisoning" in the form of drug abuse can produce deviant behavior and psychotic symptoms. d. Somatic symptom disorders are serious mental impairments in old age caused by deterioration of the brain.