Dr. Kang, a cognitive psychologist, conducts an experiment examining the effect of emotion on memory. He provides lists of 15 words to two groups of participants at his university. He puts the names of all the participants in a hat. The first 20 names he assigns to Group A and the last 20 he assigns to Group B. Group A is given a list of words that are very emotional in content (e.g., passion, murder). Group B is given a list of words that are neutral in content (e.g., houseplant, desk). He then measures how many words each group is able to remember after being distracted for 5 minutes by watching a video about the history of the university. He finds that Group A remembers 15% more words than Group B. Which of the following is the independent variable in Dr. Kang’s study?

Two biases of intuition are

Deci and Ryan (1985, 2001) have proposed that three fundamental needs are required for human growth and fulfillment: relatedness, autonomy, and competence. Susan predicts that students who have these needs met in their psychology class feel happier and more satisfied with the class. She collects data and finds that students who feel more related and competent do feel happier, but that feeling more autonomous does not seem to matter. Susan thinks that maybe autonomy is necessary only when people are in situations in which they are not being evaluated. Susan’s prediction that students who have all three needs met will experience greater satisfaction with their psychology class is an example of which of the following?

What style of writing would you consider for the Literary Analysis essay.  In other words, which of the types of analysis from the article from Butte Community College would you like to use?  

What is a “dermasurgeon?”

During inhalation, the action of which pair of muscles will open the rima glottides in order to facilitate laryngeal intubation?

Which of the following is found in the posterior mediastinum?

Detrimental effects of auto-positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) include which of the following? 1. Increased work of breathing2. Increased pulmonary barotrauma3. Increased pulmonary vascular resistance4. Decreased venous return

Which of the following is incorrect pertaining to the arch of the aorta?

Which of the following is incorrect pertaining to the thoracic sympathetic trunk?