To reduce the trauma of testifying by children who had been sexually abused, one innovation was the placement of a semitransparent screen between the defendant and the child on the witness stand. In the case of
A. Maryland v. Craig, the Supreme Court approved this procedure.
B. Maryland v. Craig, the Supreme Court rejected this procedure.
C. Coy v. Iowa, the Supreme Court approved this procedure.
D. Coy v. Iowa, the Supreme Court rejected this procedure.
D
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Ethologist Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt (1963) raised rats in isolation. When other rats were finally introduced into their cages, rats raised alone _______, suggesting that _______.
A) fled from the new rats; aggression must be learned. B) used the same aggressive behaviours as other rats; aggression need not be learned. C) did not aggress against them; instrumental aggression does not exist in nonhumans. D) could not defend themselves; aggression is learned. E) become more aggressive than other rates; isolation leads to aggression.
Maria believes that high doses of caffeine speed up a person's reaction time. In order to test her hunch, she has five friends each drink three 8-ounce cups of coffee and then measures how quickly they are able to push a button when a tone is sounded. What is wrong with Maria's research strategy?
A) No independent variable has been specified. B) No dependent variable has been specified. C) There is no control condition. D) There is no provision for repeating the experiment.