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Wendy’s mother has blue eyes and her father has brown eyes. The allele for brown eye color is dominant (B) to the allele for blue eye color (b), but Wendy has blue eyes. Therefore, Wendy’s ________ must be ________ and her father’s must be Bb.

I am going to perform an experiment. I am interested in comparing if having a pet affects a person’s IQ. The independent variable is ________ and the dependent variable is _______.

In Genie’s dream, “She sees a deep hole in the vineyard which she knows was made by pulling out a tree. She misses the tree.” Her therapist says her dream is referencing all people’s desire to have male at birth genitalia. Which belief about dreaming does Genie’s therapist BEST align with?

A group of researchers investigated the effects of two vocabulary learning strategies on word retention two weeks later. In this example, learning strategy is the ________ variable and word retention is the ________ variable.

Parsons and her colleagues are doing a study comparing differences in brain activity levels between patients with schizophrenia and controls with no psychological disorders. Their hypothesis requires a high level of detail and good detection of differences over time. Which of the following is the best brain imaging technique to use?

To help her son improve his manners, Reena gives him candy every time he says “please” or “thank you.” She found that he substantially improved his manners after she began giving him candy for his manners. Based on her above experiment, Reena likely identifies with ________.

Imagine you are running a sleep study and are using an EEG to observe brain waves. After 12 minutes of having the participant close their eyes you observe alpha waves, indicating the participant is _________. Later in the study, you observe delta waves, indicating the participant is ___________.

A series of dots arranged in the shape of a face will be perceived as a face, not a series of dots. A psychologist studying this phenomenon is applying the points of ________.

Amber loves to write short stories. She takes courses in creative writing and practices writing often. She receives recognition and encouragement from her professors and peers, which motivates her to become a better writer and eventually pursue a career as an author. This is an example of what Albert Bandura describes as ________.

Pricilla is going out with her friends for a night of dancing. However, she’s quite tired. She decides she needs something to help her stay up. Which substance should she reach for?