When Researchers Introduce an Independent Variable to an Experimental Group

question 31

Multiple Choice

When researchers introduce an independent variable to an experimental group in the normal course of social life,this is called:

• A)a random chance experiment
• B)a field experiment
• C)a value based experiment
• D)post-experimental research
• E)a direct sample experiment

Understand the information-processing approach to cognitive development.

Apply knowledge of cognitive development to understand children’s perspective-taking abilities.

Recognize the role of task demands in assessing children's cognitive abilities.

Identify developmental progressions in children's understanding of appearance-reality distinctions.

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Definitions:

Special Agent

An agent that is employed to conduct a single transaction or a small, simple group of transactions.

Authority

In agency law, an agent’s ability to affect his principal’s legal relations with third parties. Also used to refer to an actor’s legal power or ability to do something. In addition, sometimes used to refer to a statute, case, or other legal source that justifies a particular result.

Agency Relationship

A legal relationship in which one party, the agent, is authorized to act on behalf of another, the principal, in business transactions.

Gratuitous Agent

An individual who acts on behalf of another without receiving any compensation or benefit for their services.