Questions Below Will Be Based on the Following: a Researcher

question 112

Multiple Choice

Questions below will be based on the following: A researcher was interested in discovering whether attitude changes can be more effectively brought about when persons are made to feel part of the decision making process. A group of women was selected and randomly assigned to one of two groups, one group being placed in a large lecture hall, and the other in a small discussion-group setting. In the lecture setting, a speaker exhorted the women to use less expensive cuts of meat, whereas in the small-group setting a different group leader, although raising the same issues as the lecture had, also encouraged the subjects to participate in the discussion and offer suggestions, Several weeks later both groups of women were checked at home to determine whether they were indeed using the meat cuts which had been urged. Only 3% of the lecture group members had the meat cuts, whereas 32% of the discussion group members had the meat cuts. The difference was clearly significant.
-The fact that the two groups differed significantly regarding whether or not they had the meat cuts, means that

• A) Ho was accepted
• B) Ho was never tested
• C) Ho was rejected
• D) the dependent variable was not affected

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Definitions:

Sweat Glands

Sweat glands are small tubular structures of the skin that produce sweat, involved in regulating body temperature and excreting waste products.

Dermis

The dermis is the dense layer of living tissue beneath the epidermis, constituting the actual skin, and houses blood capillaries, nerve endings, sweat glands, hair follicles, among other components.

Melanocytes

Cells located in the basal layer of the skin's epidermis responsible for producing melanin, the pigment that colors the skin and protects it from UV rays.

Epidermis

The outermost layer of skin that provides a waterproof barrier and creates our skin tone.