A Psychologist Is Conducting an Experiment to Test the Influence

question 161

Multiple Choice

A psychologist is conducting an experiment to test the influence that coloured backgrounds of pages in textbooks have on the amount of information retained by students. She has a short text printed in three versions, each with a different colour of background. After students in three separate groups read their assigned text, she tests the students' retention. In this study, the three colours are the

• A) dependent variable.
• B) control variable.
• C) independent variable.
• D) random variable.

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Definitions:

Event Contingencies

The relationship between actions and outcomes in a given situation.

Tolman

Edward Chace Tolman was a cognitive psychologist who introduced the concept of cognitive maps in learning theory.

Expectations

Beliefs or predictions about future events that can influence an individual's perception and behavior.

Drives

Internal states of tension or arousal that motivate behavior towards fulfilling specific needs or goals.