An Important Role of the Spinal Cord Is

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Multiple Choice

An important role of the spinal cord is:

• A) producing automatic spinal reflexes.
• B) monitoring the activity of the internal organs.
• C) processing and storing incoming sensory information.
• D) producing responses to complex stimuli.

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Definitions:

Manipulation Check

A procedure to determine if the experimental manipulation of the independent variable has the intended effect on the participants.

Independent Variable

The variable that is manipulated to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

Ceiling Effect

A limitation in data measurement where higher values become indistinguishable due to the upper limit of the scale being reached.

Confounding

An uncontrolled variable varies systematically with an independent variable; it is impossible to separate the effect of the independent variable from the confounding variable.