A Scientist and a Child Are Alike in That Both

question 28

Multiple Choice

A scientist and a child are alike in that both:

• A) experience the state of synesthesia as reality is discovered.
• B) learn to understand the world by relying on authority.
• C) follow logical principles to test hypotheses.
• D) learn to understand the world through experience.

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Definitions:

Experimental Group

A group in a scientific study that receives the intervention or treatment being tested.

Control Group

In an experiment, the group that does not receive the treatment or intervention being tested, used as a baseline to compare the effects of the treatment.

Third Variable Problem

A challenge in research where an unmeasured, external factor causes the correlation between two variables, complicating causal interpretations.

Directionality Problem

In research, the issue of not knowing whether variable A causes variable B or vice versa.