Professor Smith Told One Class That Drinking Alcohol Has Been

question 78

Multiple Choice

Professor Smith told one class that drinking alcohol has been found to increase sexual desire. He informed another class that drinking alcohol has been found to reduce sexual appetite. The fact that neither class was surprised by the information they received best illustrates the power of

• A)replication.
• B)hindsight bias.
• C)the double-blind procedure.
• D)the placebo effect.

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Radioisotope

A radioactive isotope of an element, used in various scientific applications including medicine and radiometric dating.

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A non-radioactive form of an element’s isotope, which does not change or decay over time.

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The emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium.

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Positively charged particles found within an atom's nucleus, contributing to the atom's mass and defining the element.