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Order of text items.Question 10A psychology instructor studying the effects of the order of test items on test scores gave half the class a test in which the item order reflected the order in the textbook. The other half received the same questions in random order. What was the DEPENDENT variable in this experiment? Scores on the test.Question 11This is the variable that the researcher manipulates in order to determine its effects on other variables. It is called the_______________. orrect!independent variable.Question 12The participants exposed to the independent variable are called_____________.Correct!
experimental group.Question 13In an experiment, the control group____________.orrect!does not receive the experimental treatment.Question 14The placebo effect occurs when a subject responds according to__________. Correct!his or her expectations.Question 15A researcher conducting a study testing the effects of caffeine on attention is concerned that both her expectations and subjects expectations will effect the findings of this study. So neither the