In a 2016 study by Fancourt, Burton, and Williamson, men and women played the game “Operation” while listening to different types of music. Males performed worse when listening to AC/DC than when listening to Mozart, but female participants’ performance at playing the game did not differ based on music. Based on this information, how many variables were in the study?

Which of the following statements about validity is true?

When peer reviewing an original research study, Dr. Montes is most likely to provide commentary about…

Producers and consumers of research are similar in that they both…

For her undergraduate honors thesis, Carolyn tests the hypothesis that premedical students who are friends with other premedical students perform better in math and science classes. Her data show partial support for the hypothesis, since the prediction was true only for female premedical students. What does this mean?

Dr. Bloom is an evolutionary psychologist who is discussing the theory that cooperative hunting evolved in humans because, in the past, it helped them to survive and reproduce. A student raises her hand and points out that this theory would be difficult to test because it is impossible to go back in time and conduct research during humans’ hunter-gatherer days. In other words, this theory…

In an Economy without Credit, Economic Growth occurs only via Productivity increases.

Central Bank controls the amount of Money and Credit in an Economy.

Government is comprised of two components: __________ and __________.

Recession is the period in an Economic Cycle when credit decreases, spending decreases, incomes decreases and prices fall.