Albert, a student researcher, varies the amount of food given to rats in an experiment, to measure the effect on their learning behavior. In Albert's study, the amount of food given is the variable. Group of answer choices

Ethnicity is used to distinguish between groups based on cultural elements, but according to the information presented in the lecture (blank) would encompass the details about a person like the shape of his or her features.

The structure of the federal bureaucracy is well-known as being large and complex. which of the following is not part of the federal bureaucracy?

It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. in fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (a) as people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (b) many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person's mental sharpness also tend to increase that person's social isolation. (c) many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (d) the study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (e) the tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation.