In a laboratory, smokers are asked to drive using a computerized driving simulator and cover the maximum distance possible, while avoiding rear-end collisions

Some volunteers are given a real cigarette to smoke immediately before the test. Others smoke a fake cigarette without nicotine. The number of collisions the two groups make is to be compared. The control group in this scenario consists of ________.
a. volunteers who smoke real cigarettes.
b. volunteers who smoke fake cigarettes.
c. all the experimenters.
d. all the volunteers.

Answer: b

Psychology

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a. chameleon b. imitative c. contagion d. social influence

Psychology

"My wife made me so mad that I just couldn't help but shake her," Darren said to his therapist after being mandated by the judge to seek anger-management counseling. His therapist, Dr. Lowe, said to him, "Well, Darren, maybe we could go about that differe

Is it your wife who makes you angry, or is it you who allows yourself to get so angry?" Because she is attempting to get Darren to take responsibility for his own feelings and actions, Dr. Lowe might be described as a __________ therapist. a. behavioral b. cognitive c. Gestalt d. social learning

Psychology