331) The tendency to look for or pay attention only to information that confirms one's own belief. Answer: A Section: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relations 332) A shortcoming of findings derived from a sample of volunteers instead of a representative sample. Answer: B Section: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relations 333) Unintended changes in subjects' behaviour due to cues inadvertently given by the experimenter. Answer: D Section: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relations 334) An inactive substance or fake treatment used as a control in an experiment or given by a medical practitioner to a patient. Answer: C Section: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relations 335) An experiment in which neither the subjects nor the researcher know which subjects are in the control group and which are in the experimental group until after the results are tallied. Answer: E Section: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relations Match these descriptions with the appropriate term. A) independent variable B) dependent variable C) random assignment D) single-blind study E) control condition 336) A variable that an experimenter manipulates. Answer: A Section: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relations 337) In an experiment, a comparison condition in which subjects are not exposed to the same treatment as in the experimental condition. Answer: E Section: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relations 338) An experiment in which subjects do not know whether they are in an experimental or a control group.
331) The tendency to look for or pay attention only to information that confirms one's own belief. Answer: A Section: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relations 332) A shortcoming of findings derived from a sample of volunteers instead of a representative sample. Answer: B Section: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relations 333) Unintended changes in subjects' behaviour due to cues inadvertently given by the experimenter. Answer: D Section: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relations 334) An inactive substance or fake treatment used as a control in an experiment or given by a medical practitioner to a patient. Answer: C Section: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relations 335) An experiment in which neither the subjects nor the researcher know which subjects are in the control group and which are in the experimental group until after the results are tallied. Answer: E Section: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relations Match these descriptions with the appropriate term. A) independent variable B) dependent variable C) random assignment D) single-blind study E) control condition 336) A variable that an experimenter manipulates. Answer: A Section: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relations 337) In an experiment, a comparison condition in which subjects are not exposed to the same treatment as in the experimental condition. Answer: E Section: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relations 338) An experiment in which subjects do not know whether they are in an experimental or a control group.
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