A Teacher Wants to Find Out If a Problem-Based History

question 236

Multiple Choice

A teacher wants to find out if a problem-based history program is superior to the regular history curriculum being used.The motivation and intelligence of the students participating in the new and the regular history programs would be considered the

• A)independent variables.
• B)dependent variables.
• C)extraneous variables.
• D)control variables.

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Definitions:

Representativeness Heuristic

A mental shortcut that involves judging the likelihood of an event by comparing it to an existing prototype in our minds.

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person's mind when evaluating a specific topic or decision.

Compensatory Decision Modeling

This is an approach in decision-making research that assumes individuals compensate for weaker aspects of one option with stronger aspects of another when making complex choices.

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that involves making judgments based on how much one thing resembles another.