When a person remembers or notices only things that backs up his or her expectations and forgets the rest, he or she is experiencing the confirmation bias

The ____ variable is the variable that is different for the experimental group than for the control group. The ____ variable is the outcome that is measured to calculate the results of the experiment

a. quasi-experimental; correlational b. correlational; quasi-experimental c. dependent; independent d. independent; dependent

Which of the following best describes how sleep patterns change during late adulthood?

a. Women in late adulthood often experience sleep apnea, but the disorder is rare among men. b. People experience changes in sleep, but these changes are not correlated with psychological problems, such as depression, as they were in earlier parts of the life span. c. People have fewer sleep problems than they did earlier in their lives because they no longer have the daily stress associated with work and children. d. People sleep less deeply than they did when they were younger.