You want to test people's reactions to a new artificial
sweetener, so you plan to give them coffee with two different kinds of sweetener. However, you are worried about possible cues you may give people as to which sweetener they're getting. To address this, you have your assistant prepare the packets, so she knows which is which, but you do not. You then give the two coffees to your subjects. This type of experiment is called a experiment.
a. double-blind
b. single-blind
c. placebo effect
d. placebo bias
ANSWER: a
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which developmental instrument looks to find how quickly an infant can retrieve a representation of a stimulus from memory?
a) Visual-recognition memory measurement b) Developmental quotient c) Gesell measurement test d) Bayley Scales of Infant Development