An Experimenter Finds That a Certain Male Subject Always Has

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An experimenter finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he hears a certain piece of music. The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then plays the piece of music. The experimenter repeats this procedure until the man responds with an increased heartbeat to the sound of the buzzer alone. In this situation, the conditioned response is ________.

• A) listening to the music
• B) an increased heartbeat
• C) the piece of music
• D) the sound of the buzzer

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Definitions:

SST

Total sum of squares in statistical analysis, reflecting the total variation in a dataset.

Factorial Research Design

An experimental setup that involves manipulation of two or more independent variables to observe their effect on the dependent variables.

Main Effects

The direct impact of each independent variable on the dependent variable in an experiment.

SSB

Sum of Squares Between groups, a measure used in statistical analysis to quantify the variance among different groups.