A Researcher Carries Out a Study Examining the Effects of a New

question 12

Multiple Choice

A researcher carries out a study examining the effects of a new science program on scores on a standardized science test. He chooses two seventh-grade classes to carry out the study. After the study is done, he finds that group who received the new program performed better than the control group. He also discovers, however, that the group he chose to receive the new program had better prior science achievement. In this study, the prior science achievement is:

• A) An extraneous variable
• B) The independent variable
• C) The dependent variable
• D) A moderator variable

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Definitions:

Group Therapy

Therapy conducted with groups rather than individuals, providing benefits from group interaction.

Individual Therapy

A form of psychotherapy where one-on-one sessions between a therapist and a client focus on the client's issues and ways to resolve them.

Social Functioning

Social functioning refers to an individual's ability to perform and fulfill expected roles within society, through interpersonal relationships, work, and social activities.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach developed by Sigmund Freud that seeks to explore the unconscious mind's influence on behavior through techniques like dream interpretation and free association.