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1) The variable manipulated by researchers in an experiment is the:  Control variable  Independent variable  Dependent variable  Confound 2

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1) The variable manipulated by researchers in an experiment is the:

 Control variable

 Independent variable

 Dependent variable

 Confound

2. Heuristics:

are not shortcuts to problem solving.

 are slower than algorithms.

 always guarantee a solution.

 do not guarantee a solution,  but are valuable shortcuts to problem solving.

3. To increase the likelihood that a sample is a good representation of the population of interest, the best sample is built by:

 always using the same proportion of subjects in a research program.

 selecting the first 50 subjects who can participate in the experiment.

 selecting the first 100 subjects who can participate in the experiment.

 selecting the subjects *randomly*

 4. and emphasize that the mind constructs an overall perception out of building blocks made of separate sensations and emotional responses.

 Wundt; Functionalism

 James; Structuralism

 Wundt; Structuralism

Freud; Functionalism