Sometimes participants in an experiment may drop out before completing the experiment. If this occurs more in one condition than in others, it introduces a confound called:
a. mortality.
b. maturation.
c. statistical regression.
d. selection-maturation interaction.
A
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The nucleus accumbens facilitates fear and aggression.
What was one reason an alternative approach to the "Big Five" traits was developed?
a) Clinicians could provide information that helps us understand personality disorders. b) The available personality measures do not have ties to widely used defense mechanisms. c) Assessment of key facets of the humanistic perspective was woefully inadequate compared to assessment of other perspectives on personality. d) Recent research on brain scanning has yielded convincing evidence that different brain areas are related to identifiable personality differences that can be assessed via self-report questionnaires.
What kind of research methodology focuses on intensive analyses of a single individual?
A. surveys B. case studies C. correlational studies D. naturalistic observations
Someone with a scientific attitude tries to judge propositions on the basis of
A) how well they fit with accepted ideas. B) the value of their practical applications. C) whether they overturn accepted ideas. D) objective, empirical evidence.