Memory development in children

A developmental psychologist is studying memory development in children. He is interested in determining the exact age at which children began to recall long-term episodic memories. He compares the frequency and accuracy of long-term memories between groups of children aged 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5 and 5 years old Identify the following Independent variable: Levels of independent variable: Dependent variable:

Consequences of drinking and driving

A social psychologist is studying college students attitudes toward drinking and driving. He is specifically interested in attitude change as a result of years in college and of viewing the consequences of drinking and driving accidents. He exposes freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors to photos that depict either mild (broken arms and legs, scratches), moderate (serious injury, broken ribs, people pinned in cars), or strong (deadly accidents, smashed bodies, white sheets covering bloody corpses) visual consequences of drinking and driving accisents. After viewing the pictures, students record their attitudes towards drinking and driving on a questionnaire. Identify the following: ... click for more

Compare auditory abilities of blind versus normally sighted rats

A neuropsychologist compare the auditory abilities of blind versus normally sighted rats. He predicted that the visually impaired rats would have better auditory development than normally sighted rats. He raises two groups of rats for a year (one normally sighted, one blind) and assessed auditory development by examining the neural activity in the auditory cortex of each rat. Name the following: Independent variable: Levels of the independent variable: Dependent variable:

Critique 3 scientific articles, three pages each

Part I. I need help wording a hypothesis for my study. My subject of interest is in trauma and/or PTS. Then with the hypothesis in mind, I would like you to to direct me to an example of a critique of a scientific journal articles. I believe that this should indlude the following but I am not certain: a. Author(s) and Date of publication b. Title of article/dissertation c. Journal name, volume, and page numbers d. Hypothesis/purpose/predictions e. Results Abstract/introduction/method/results/discussion/references Please compile a 4 references APA style that I may use as examples. This should be made up of books, journals, newspapers, as well as web articles Thanks ... click for more

Do the scores tend to go upward or downward?

This is a generic question I am having trouble with "Do the scores go upward or downward?" That question refers to the __________ of a relationship. Do the Y scores change consistently with the X scores?" That question refers to the ____________ of the relationship. a. Strength; direction b. Direction; strength c. Validity; reliability d. Reliability; validity I think that it is b. Direction; strength, but I am not sure.