Nicole believes that eating pixie sticks causes children’s reading speed to increase. she sets up an experiment to test this hypothesis. in his experiment, the independent variable is:

Pj conducts an experimental study on the effects of soft music during high stakes science testing. he randomly assigns students at the school. in one condition he does not provide music for testing while in the other group he does provide the music. he administers a pretest at the beginning of the year and a posttest at the end of the year. pj’s design is best described as a: a.static group comparisonb. pretest-posttest control group designc.control-group-time-series designd. nonrandomized control-group pretest-posttest design

Suppose that a father is walking his young daughter to school when a driver of an automobile negligently runs off the road and onto the sidewalk, hitting the girl but not her father. the young girl dies from her injuries. the father suffers severe emotional distress by seeing his daughter die and manifests his distress by suffering physically. which of the following is an accurate statement regarding the father's right to sue and recover damages from the driver of the automobile? a. the father can sue and recover damages from the driver of the automobile for intentional infliction of emotional distress for the severe distress he suffered by seeing his daughter die. b. the father cannot sue the driver since tort law does not recognize strict liability for automobile accidents. c. the father cannot sue the driver since the driver did not intend to cause harm. d. the father can sue and recover damages from the driver of the automobile for negligent infliction of emotional distress for the severe distress he suffered by seeing his daughter die. e. the father cannot sue the driver since he did not suffer physical injury himself.

With regard to personality, it appears that: a) there is little consistency of behavior from one situation to the next and little consistency of traits over the life span.b) there is little consistency of behavior from one situation to the next but significant consistency of traits over the life span.c) there is significant consistency of behavior from one situation to the next but little consistency of traits over the life span.d) there is significant consistency of behavior from one situation to the next and significant consistency of traits over the life span.