PSYB01H3 Study Guide - Repeated Measures Design, Random Assignment, Dependent And Independent Variables

21. Professor Miller studies aggression in real world settings. In one study, he measured the number of times someone honked their horn at a stalled car. Honking the horn A) is the operational definition of aggression B) is the independent variable C) is the dependent variable D) is a confounding variable E) A) and C) above

1) A doctor and his assistant are studying patients with visuospatial neglect. They 36 patients who just had strokes that damaged their right hemispheres. 16 of these patients have been diagnosed with visuospatial neglect based on their attention test score of 53 or less (normal test score is <236 ). These visuospatial neglect patients recovery is then tracked over a period of 2 weeks, that is their attention test score are observed after varying periods of time. All the patients recover expect 6 who seem to have made no recovery. a) What is a plausible hypothesis for this study? b) What is the independent variable? c) What is the dependent variable? d) Is this study an experiment? Explain e) What can u infer about the recovery from visuospatial neglect

16. A hypothesis is an) a unprovable assumption about the unobservable processes that underlie psychological functioning. b. set of principles that organizes observations and explains newly discovered facts, c. testable prediction that gives direction to research. d. observable relationship between specific independent and dependent variables.