When We Draw a General Impression About an Individual on the Basis

question 52

True/False

When we draw a general impression about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic, such as intelligence, sociability, or appearance we are using a shortcut called the contrast effect.

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Definitions:

Extraneous Factors

These are variables that affect the relationship between the independent and dependent variables but are not the variables of interest in the study.

Two-way ANOVA

Two-way ANOVA is a statistical test that analyzes the effect of two independent categorical variables on a dependent variable, allowing for the assessment of interactions between factors.

Treatments

In experimental design, refers to the different conditions applied to groups of subjects to observe their effects on some outcome.

Randomized Block Experiment

An experimental design in which subjects are divided into blocks or groups with similar characteristics before being randomly assigned to different treatments.