In the Fall Semester, a Professor Compared a Lecture Approach

question 73

Multiple Choice

In the fall semester, a professor compared a lecture approach to teaching statistics (using a sophomore class) with a problem-oriented approach (using a senior class) .Both sections were given the same final exam.The professor repeated the same experiment in the spring semester.This study shows a confounding of

• A)test scores with teaching approaches.
• B)class levels with test scores.
• C)teaching approaches with class level.
• D)semester with teaching approaches.

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Definitions:

Subjective

Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions, rather than external facts or evidence.

Psychological Research

The scientific study of the mind and behavior through experiments, observation, and analysis to understand psychological phenomena.

Structuralism

An approach in psychology that analyzes the basic elements of thoughts and sensations to understand the structure of the mind.

E. B. Titchener

A psychologist known for developing structuralism, an early school of psychology that aimed to understand the structure of the mind through introspection.