Independent and Dependent Variables ____ Are Participant Characteristics That an Experimenter

question 22

Multiple Choice

Independent and Dependent Variables ____ are participant characteristics that an experimenter cannot manipulate.

• A)Context variables
• B)Environmental variables
• C)Subject variables
• D)Task variables

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Definitions:

Salivation

The secretion of saliva, which can be stimulated by the sight, smell, or thought of food, aiding in digestion and oral hygiene.

UCS

Unconditioned Stimulus; in classical conditioning, it is a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning.

Classical Conditioning

A process of learning where two stimuli are continually paired together; the response, initially caused by the second stimulus, is finally caused by the first stimulus alone.

Watson

Pertains to John B. Watson, the American psychologist who founded the behaviorism school of psychology.