Which Description Provides an Example of a Continuous Variable?​

question 74

Multiple Choice

Which description provides an example of a continuous variable?​

• A)​The gender of each student in a psychology class
• B)​The number of males in each class offered by the college
• C)​The amount of time to solve a problem
• D)​The number of children in a family

Explore the interaction between motivation, emotion, and social cognition in shaping perceptions and actions.

Understand the motivational underpinnings of cognitive processes including the desire for accuracy, certainty, and maintaining valued beliefs.

Grasp the implications of metaphors in facilitating understanding of abstract concepts through concrete experiences.

Understand the concept and implications of the somatic marker hypothesis in emotion and decision-making processes.

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Definitions:

Erotically Tinged

Characterized by or involving sexual desire or attraction.

Opposite Sex

Opposite sex typically refers to the other of the two primary biological sexes, male or female, in relation to an individual.

Oedipal Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.

Male Child

A young male human, often referred to as a boy.