All of the Following Are Acceptable Reasons for Discarding Data

question 30

Multiple Choice

All of the following are acceptable reasons for discarding data, except:

• A) the equipment being used to measure responding malfunctioned
• B) the participant was sick
• C) the independent variable was not presented as originally intended
• D) the investigator does not agree with what the data are indicating

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Definitions:

Cognitive-Control

The mental processes involved in regulating and managing thoughts, emotions, and actions to achieve goals or solve problems.

Piagetian Conservation

A concept from Piaget's theory referring to a child's ability to understand that quantities remain the same despite changes in their shape or arrangement.

Information Processing Perspective

The information processing perspective is a way of studying the mind modeled after computer processing, looking at how humans encode, store, and retrieve information.

Attentional Resources

The limited capacity of cognitive resources available for processing sensory information and performing tasks.