PSY 101 Final Exam - Requires Respondus LockDown Browser + Webcam: General Psychology

Final Exam Q&A - Requires Respondus LockDown Browser + Webcam Due No due date Points 100 Questions 34 Time Limit 120 Minutes Requires Respondus LockDown Browser This quiz is currently locked. Attempt History Attempt Time Score LATEST Attempt 1 107 minutes 96.5 out of 100 Score for this quiz: 96.5 out of 100 Submitted Feb 3 at 7:06pm This attempt took 107 minutes. Question 7 5 / 5 pts In a research experiment, what is the difference between a control group and a placebo control group? Why might researchers prefer to use a placebo control group? Your Answer: The control group is the group that is used to measure the out come the research that would be carried out they are not administered anything. The Placebo control group is the group that is administered something that has no medicinal effect. Researchers prefer to use the placebo control group to rule out the case of internal belifs of the participants because for instance if you were experimenting a drug and the independent groups were administered a drug and the control groups where administered nothing they would probably behave as though they would not get better because they were not given drug. Giving them a false belif rules out this factor. Question 13 4 / 5 pts Using the biopsychosocial model, address the risk factors for development of anorexia nervosa. How might the risk factors be biological? Psychological? Social?